Wow – this is really really cool: Hidden Life Forms: Investigating Microbial Diversity on Our Bodies and in Our Homes. The article is by Jennifer Cutraro and it goes through a series of course / learning activities regarding microbial diversity – of homes and of people. It has things like:
- a warm up activity
- a pre-activity quiz
- suggested questions regarding “The Bugs in Our Homes” – a NY Times article from 2014 by Nancy Brill
- suggested questions regarding Carl Zimmer’s very recent “The Great Indoors: The Next Frontier,” article.
- a hands on microbial themed activity relating to the Belly Button Biodiversity project from Rob Dunn and colleagues
- discussion questions about the human microbiome
- suggestions for getting involved in a citizen microbiology project
- and more
This is just completely awesome. Thanks NY Times and Jennifer Cutraro