Lesson 1.1 - Microbiome

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What are your reactions to the video?

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Do you have any questions about it?

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Based on what you saw and heard in the video, what do you think you will be working on in your role as researchers?

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Discuss with your partner what do you think this is a picture of? Then type 1-2 words.

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What questions do you have about this image of the mites that live in our eyelashes?

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What questions do you have about this image of a fingerprint?

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What questions do you have about this image of a hair?

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What questions do you have about this image of a louse?

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What initial ideas do you have about the Chapter 1 Question? Record some of your ideas below.

• Don’t worry if you don’t have a lot of ideas yet. These are just your initial ideas about the question.

• If you need help getting started, use some of the sentence starters below to help you record your ideas.
  
  I think a microorganism is smaller than a . . .
  I think this because . . .

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Below are some of the objects featured on the Scale Cards: Set #1.

1. Drag the objects to order them from smallest to largest.

2. Use the Scale Tool to help you order the objects, if needed.

• water molecule

• E. coli bacteria

• skin cell

• grain of salt

• human

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• 2
• 3
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Respond to the next two questions. Try to use some of the words below that you heard today.

• bacteria

• cell

• microorganism

• microscopic

• organism

• scale

  What was surprising or interesting to learn about the very small organisms and objects in today’s lesson?

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Respond to the next two questions. Try to use some of the words below that you heard today.

• bacteria

• cell

• microorganism

• microscopic

• organism

• scale

  What other questions do you have about microorganisms?