What to Learn

  • Prokaryotes: bacteria: occurrence, diversity (ecology, nutrition), cyanbacteria, how they affect human life.
  • Protozoa: common features, differences with animals; diversity.
  • Algae: common features, differences with plants; diversity.
  • Fungi: common features, differences with plants and animals; diversity; classification; anatomy of mushrooms; common mushrooms.

Movies, Animations and Audios

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Bacteria and Archaea
Bacteria.

Bacteria.

You might not see them, but they're there.

Bacterian growth.

Bacterian growth.

Watch a colony of bacteria multiplying.

Iron will to live for Antarctic microbes.

Iron will to live for Antarctic microbes.

A study in the journal Science shows that microbes have long survived under glaciers in Antarctica making do with nothing but sulfates and iron from the bedrock.

Streamed from Scientific American

Protozoa and Algae
Microscopic world I.

Microscopic world I.

Beautiful movie showing algae, protozoa and small invertebrates dancing in a lake.

Small world.

Small world.

Much the same thing as the previous one. Protozoa and lots of algae.

Amoeba gobbles algae cells.

Amoeba gobbles algae cells.

Well, they do have to eat also, don't they?

Cilia and flagella.

Cilia and flagella.

More on protozoan movement. With sound.

Fungi
Fungi.

Fungi.

Fungi in all their beautiness.

Mushroom madness.

Mushroom madness.

Extracted from the BBC/NHK documentary Planet Earth.

Blue oyster mushrooms growing.

Blue oyster mushrooms growing.

Beautiful time-lapse movie showing the growth of the many mushrooms produced by a single fungus.

Mould on rotting apple.

Mould on rotting apple.

Another time-lapse movie showing the not-so-riveting growth of these inferior fungi.

Fungi: the good, the bad and the edible.

Fungi: the good, the bad and the edible.

Though fungi are essential in the production of bread, beer and some cheeses, it can also be a threat to human life in the form of deadly disease and infection. Fungi experts discuss the diverse and complex nature of this underappreciated kingdom of organisms.

Streamed from Science Friday

Activities

Sliding Puzzle
Salmonella typhimurium invading cultured human cells