Microbes and Classifying Life
by Anonymous
Raise the magnification and change temperature and humidity to sort microbes into fungi, protists, and bacteria, and see how the same ones ferment food or spoil it.
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About this app
Microbes and Classifying Life is an elementary life science learning app about mold, protists, and bacteria. Students can increase magnification to observe different microorganisms, classify examples into fungi, protists, or bacteria by their traits, and explore how temperature and moisture affect fermentation and spoilage. Interactive missions provide practice and feedback as learners progress.
Use cases
- Elementary students learning about microorganisms and biological classification
- Teachers introducing fungi, protists, and bacteria in science lessons
- Families exploring microscope magnification and microorganism habitats
- Learners investigating how temperature and humidity influence food spoilage
Features
- Explore mold, protists, and bacteria from naked-eye view to microscope ×1000
- Classify nine organisms, including mushrooms, yeast, paramecia, amoebas, E. coli, and lactobacilli
- Learn classification clues such as spores, movement, cell shape, and presence of a nucleus
- Adjust food type, temperature, moisture, and elapsed days in a spoilage simulation
- Complete four guided missions in each of three learning sections