What lives where?

Animals and plants populate every habitat on Earth. Living things are well adapted to their life in each habitat.

Experiments

• Microbes all around us
  Culture microorganisms from different habitats and discover the variety of different microbes and their patterns of distribution.
• Standard technique Aseptic techniques
  Tools covered: wire loop, pipettes, cotton wool plugs. Procedures covered: inoculating plates, inoculating slopes, inoculating cultures, using a wire loop, using a pipette, flaming necks of bottles and test tubes, and disinfecting surfaces.
• Standard technique Pouring an agar plate
  Simple instructions for pouring an agar plate.
• Standard technique Incubating and viewing plates
  Notes on handling plates safely: incubation temperatures, labelling plates, taping lids on, slowing growth and killing cultures.
• Standard technique Making up nutrient agars
  Details of how to make up different culture media for culturing different microorganisms.