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STATION1:NAMINGBACTERIA Bacterianamesoftentellyouabouttheshapeofthebacteria.Thefirstpartofthename(prefix) tellsyouaboutthearrangement,whilethesecondpart(suffix)tellsyouabouttheshape.

Hereare somecommonsuffixesandprefixes:

Hereisanexample: ChooseatleastfiveofthebacteriapicturedbelowandwritetheirnamesinyourSIC:

STATION2:INTERPRETINGDATAONBACTERIALREPRODUCTION Directions:UsethegraphstoanswerthefollowingquestionsinyourSIC. Graph#1 1.DescribethegrowthoftheP. caudatumalone. Graph#2 2.DescribethegrowthoftheP. aureliaalone. Graph#3 3.DecribethecultureofP. aureliaandP.caudatumina mixedculture. 4.Whatcouldhavecausedthe declineofP.caudatum? 5.Howcouldweusethisinformationtohelpusfightbacteria?

STATION3:CULTURINGBACTERIA! SupportBacteria.Theyaretheonlyculturesomepeoplehave
TIPS:
*Keepyourpetridishopenaslittleaspossible *DoNOTtouchtheagarwithyourhands.Avoidsneezing,coughing,breathingontheagar. *Whenyouopenyourpetridish,usetheclamshell(asshownbelow)techniquewhenpossible

PROCEDURE: 1.Getasharpiemarker 2.Dividethelidandbottomofthepetridishinto4quadrants

3.Thinkoffourplacesintheclassroom/hallwayfromwhichyouwouldliketoculturebacteria.Eachpersonin thegroupshouldchooseatleast1location.Optionsinclude: *Floor *DoorKnob *Foot *Topofhandsanitizer *Sinkhandle *Hand *Waterfountain *Handcleanedwithsoap *Handcleanedwithhandsanitizer *Papertoweldispense *Bathroomsink *Bathroomstallhandle *TVremote 4.Writethenamesoranabbreviationfortheselocationineachquadrantofyourdish 5.UseaQtiptoswabtheareaofinterest.

6.OpenthepetridishandgentlyswabtheQtipoverthequadrantofthepetridish.Dontpushtoohardyoull breaktheagar. 7.Closethepetridishassoonaspossible.Makesurethecorrectsectionofthelidisstillalignedwiththe correctquadrant. 8.ThrowawaytheQtipinthetrash. 9.Tapeyourlidshuttothebottomofyourdish.Bringyourtapeddishtothefront.

STATION4:BRAINPOP WatchtheBrainpopVideoBacteria.YoumaywanttopresstheCCbuttonsoyoucan seethetextofthevideo.AnswerthesequestionsinyourSIC. 1.Wheredobacterialive? 2.Whataresomewaysbacteriahelpus,plants,and otheranimals? 3.Whattypeofcellsarebacteria? 4.Howdobacteriareproduce? 5.Whendidbacteriafirstappearonplanetearth?Howdid theychangeourplanet?

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