WINOGRADSKY'S BATTERY

EXPLORING BIOCOMPLEXITY IN AQUATIC SEDIMENTS

 

Jennifer Lamkie

and

Craig D. Phelps, Ph.D.

 

Foreword with Bloom’s Taxonomy

Introduction

Lessons

     #1   What is Microbiology?

     #2   What is Biocomplexity?

     #3   Biogeochemical Cycles

                   The Iron Cycle

     #4   A “Sedimental” Journey – Sediment Collection

     #5   Winogradsky in a Bottle – Beginning a Winogradsky Column

     #6   Microbe Power – Using a Winogradsky Column as a Battery

                   Battery Animation

     #7   Colorimetric Assay

     #8   Graphing the Standard Curve

     #9   You are the Microbiologist

Acknowledgements

Authors

Other Biocomplexity Lessons

Jennifer Lamkie, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Edison, NJ 08817

Dr. Craig Phelps, Department of Environmental Science, Rutgers University

Funded by the National Science Foundation, Biocomplexity in the Environment Program, Award #0120453

www.biocomplexity.rutgers.edu