Advancing Secondary Science Education through Tetrahymena
2011 photos
Tetrahymena in the Classroom!
preparing a microcosm
preparing microcosm
selecting test spices
preparing tetrahymena test slide
looking for food vacuoles in tetrahymena
looking for mating pairs
observing chemosensory response of tetrahymena
combining mating types
Lab Modules : Classroom Set Ups
Sample classroom set up for Phagocytosis and Chemosensory lab modules.
Setup for phagocytosis module
Chemosensory module for middle school
More spices for the chemosensory module
Groton Science Fair
Three students from Mr. DeVoe’s 7th Grade Life Sciences class designed an experiment utilizing Tetrahymena thermophila to studied the effects of temperature on the feeding behavior of tetrahymena for the 2011 Groton Science Fair.
Setting up the experiment.
Tetrahymena stock cultures ready for transfer to working culture petri dishes.
Growing working cultures of tetrahymena.
Starving the tetrahymena cells.
Learning to pipette.
Utilizing the Swiftcam II to count food vacuole formation in tetrahymena.
Science Night Poster Presentation.
Images of Tetrahymena
Dividing T. thermophila – protargol stain. Photo by E. Marlo Nelsen, supplied by J. Frankel.