Outreach event! Microbe World at the nature center

Outreach event! Microbe World at the nature center

MMG Grad Student Jackson went out to the Fenner Nature Center "Micro World" Day Camp, where 3rd through 5th graders learn about the ubiquity and importance of microbes in our world through first-hand exploration. In keeping with this theme, Jackson led a “ be an environmental microbiologist” activity that had campers draw on their prior lessons from the week to generate hypotheses and test them by culturing the microbes from their study systems of interest. The students swabbed, natural surfaces of leaves, sticks, and soils, and streaked out some microbes!

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