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Innovating Science® - Small Group Learning: Introduction to Microbiology

Small Group Learning: Introduction to Microbiology


Product # IS3014-SGL

Bacteria, good and bad, is all around us. In this activity students will collect and grow bacteria and then learn techniques for studying the bacteria they have grown. They will perform a simple staining technique on bacterial cells to study the morphology. They will also perform a differential staining technique, Gram staining, on bacterial cells and determine if the collected bacteria are Gram-positive, Gram-negative, or both. Kit contains enough materials for 5 groups of students. Teacher's Manual and Student Study Guide copymasters are included.

Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)*

Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS1.A
Performance Expectations: MS-LS1-1; MS-LS1-2
Cross Cutting Concepts: Scale, Proportion and Quantity; Structure and Function
Engineering Practices: Developing and Using Models; Planning and Carrying out Investigations

Kit Includes:
50mL Prepared nutrient agar
10mL Methylene Blue
10mL Crystal Violet
10mL Gram's Iodine
10mL Safranin O
30mL Ethanol, 95
Microscope Slides, pk/72
Coverslips
5 Sterile Petri Dishes
5 Sterile Cotton Swabs, pk/2

DOT Info:
Small quantity exemption 173.4
THIS PACKAGE CONFORMS TO 49 CFR 173.4 for domestic highway or rail transport only

*"Next Generation Science Standards" is a registered trademark of Achieve. Neither Achieve nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards was involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Crystal Violet and Methanol/Methyl isobutyl ketone, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer and reproductive harm. For more information go to http://www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.



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