Tag: protozoa

  • Investigation: What Organisms Are Found in Ponds?

    Investigation: What Organisms Are Found in Ponds?

    Does your community have ponds, streams, or lakes?  Students enjoy working with real biology, and though it may not be possible to take students to a lake, you can bring the lake to the student.   This open-ended activity gives students the opportunity to explore pond water and compare the types of species found in…

  • How to Study Protists with Freshman

    How to Study Protists with Freshman

    The unit on protists is one that I used to dread, mainly because the world of microscopic organisms does not ever seem particularly interesting to students, where only a small percentage of them seem to care about the Ameba and Paramecium.   Furthermore, studying protozoa seems to be disconnected from real world applications. Laboratory investigations can…