Microbes Rule!

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 14.06.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Background
  5. Strategies
  6. Activities
  7. Notes
  8. Annotated Bibliography
  9. Resources for Students and Teachers
  10. Appendix A: Implementing District Standards

A Gardenful of Microbes

Valerie J. Schwarz

Published September 2014

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Notes

1. Nicholas P. Money, The Amoeba in the Room (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.), 89.

2. Money, The Amoeba in the Room, 87.

3. Beneficial Bacteria: 12 Ways Microbes Help The Environment - WebEcoist

4. Bernard Dixon. How Microbes Rule the World (New York: W.H. Freeman & Company Limited, 1994, XV.

5. Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods (Chapel Hill: Algonquian Books, 2008.), 203.

6. Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis, Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web (Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2006.), 43.

7. Jeanette Farrell, Invisible Allies Microbes that Shape Our Lives (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005.), 6.

8. Ibid., 8.

9. Ibid., 8.

10. Lowenfels and Lewis, Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web, 52.

11. Ibid., 69.

12. Ibid., 75.

13. Ibid., 85.

14. Ibid., 21.

15. Rifat Hayat et al., "Soil Beneficial Bacteria and Their Role in Plant Growth Promotion: a Review," Annals of Microbiology Journal. (Aug 2010): 579, doi: 10.1007/s13213.010.0117.1.

16. Lowenfels and Lewis, Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web, 21.

17. Ibid., 22.

18. Ibid., 25.

19. Ibid., 25.

20. Kristin, Ohlson, The Soil Will Save Us (New York: Rodale Press, 2014.), 40.

21. Ibid., 40-41.

22. Ibid., 37.

23. Ibid., 37.

24. Ibid., 34.

25. Ibid., 39.

26. Meredith O'Reilly, "Underground Ecosystem," BeautifulWildlifeGarden.com (2011-2012.) www.beautifulwildlifegarden.com/underground-ecosystem.html

27. Symphony of the Soil, directed by Deborah Koonds Garcia (2012; Mill Valley, CA: Lily Films, 2012, DVD.

28. Ohlson, The Soil Will Save Us, 38.

29. Ibid., 107-108.

30. Ibid., 107.

31. Ibid., 108.

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