1. Bellwork: Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
The 3 basic bacterial shapes are: _________(coccus)______ (baccillus) and
__________(spirillum)
3 basic arrangement prefixes = (and what they mean)
___________________ = __________________

2. Testing Dates Date Subject Duration Wed. March 23 Science 1 session
“Testing Session”-Class hour
(ex. 3/23, 2nd hour 9:01-9:53)
“Students needing more time are escorted to the Library Lecture Hall at end of class hour”
“Students stay in rooms, no talking, until the end of the class hour”
“No Make-Ups”
Date
Subject
Duration
Wed. March 23
Science
1 session
Periods 2, 4 & 6
Thurs. March 24
Periods 3, 5 & 7 2

3. Bacteria can be Found Everywhere

5. Objectives: to take bacterial swabs from places around Ironwood Ridge.
to inoculate (swab) Petri dish with bacterial culture and monitor growth
to count bacterial colonies
to find out where bacteria are the most numerous
to determine what kind of environmental conditions influence bacterial growth

6. Materials: 1 Petri dish with agar per group (of 3) cotton Q-tips
Masking Tape (parafilm)
 Grease pencil (sharpie)
 Incubator

7. Bottom of the Petri dish!!!!

8. Procedure:
I’ll divide the divide the dish into 4 equal parts with a sharpie & number 1-4.
Write your groups’ initials and period on a tiny piece of masking tape and stick to your Petri dish (DO NOT OPEN IT YET!)

12. Bottom of the Petri dish!!!!

13. Don’t touch these with your fingertips,
you will contaminate your sample

15. CONTROL!!!
No swab… NO Sample!!!

25. Make sure your Petri
dish is sealed with
parafilm, labeled with
masking tape and is
upside down in the
incubator

26. -----------STOP---------------------
Hypothesis:
Where do you think you will find the highest amount of bacteria?
What do you think the Petri dish will look like in 2-3 days?
STOP

27. Bellwork: Thurs. Mar. 24, 2016

28. Bacteria Are Everywhere Part II
Observing the bacteria growth in your Petri dishes

34. Bellwork: Monday: April 14, 2014 Draw an example of a basidiomycete
Hint: look in Fri.’s notes
Draw an example of a bacillus
coccus
spirillum

36. Bellwork: Tues. April 15, 2014
Hints for Crossword: Decomposer cocci consumers lactic acid prokayote bioremediation

37. Bellwork: Thurs. April 10, 2014
Fungi that prey on a host, like frogs, are _________________
Amphibians are known as _____________ species
Why is it important to be worried about the frogs?___________________________-

38. Bellwork: Tues. March 31, 2015
Small 1 celled organisms in pond water belong to kingdom _________________.
These organisms can be: a.__________-like b.__________-like orc.__________-like
3. Protists can be good because:
4. Protists can be bad because: