Your course materials can be accessed through the 'DART eBook' link under Getting Started.
Tiny Earth - A Research Guide to Studentsourcing Antibiotic Discovery
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Watch this video discussing and demonstrating safe classroom laboratory procedures prior to beginning lab activities in this course.
Jo Handelsman, the scientist who started the Tiny Earth project, explains the issue of superbugs and antibiotic crisis, and how students can help solve it.
This video shows how to determine the texture of the soil sample, and you will use it for the soil plating lab.
Before you head out to collect your soil sample, check out this video for detailed instructions.
In the soil plating experiment, you prepare serial dilutions. This video details the procedure.
Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria, in Frontline