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Caging the blob: using a slime mold to teach concepts about barriers that constrain the movement of organisms

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dc.contributor.authorBohland, Cynthia E.en
dc.contributor.authorSchmale, David G. IIIen
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Shane D.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiomedical Engineering and Mechanicsen
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Plant and Environmental Sciencesen
dc.date.accessed2014-02-17en
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-05T13:38:15Zen
dc.date.available2014-03-05T13:38:15Zen
dc.date.issued2011-11-01en
dc.description.abstractFew laboratory exercises are designed to teach biology students about barriers that may constrain the movement of organisms. We describe a unique inquiry-based exercise involving Lego mazes (the barrier) and the plasmodial slime mold, Physarum polycephalum (the organism). During guided inquiry, students construct mazes using Lego brand building blocks and the slime mold is allowed to "navigate" through the maze and "respond" to the barrier. Students then generate and test hypotheses about the movement of the slime mold in response to different barriers in the open-inquiry phase of the investigation.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation 0919088en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationBohland, Cindy E.; Schmale, David G., III; Ross, Shane D. (2011). Caging the blob: using a slime mold to teach concepts about barriers that constrain the movement of organisms. The American Biology Teacher, 73(9), 537-541. doi: 10.1525/abt.2011.73.9.6en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2011.73.9.6en
dc.identifier.issn0002-7685en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/25806en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1525/abt.2011.73.9.6en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of California Pressen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectMicrobesen
dc.subjectEcologyen
dc.subjectAtmosphereen
dc.subjectBarrieren
dc.subjectMazeen
dc.subjectPathogensen
dc.subjectTransporten
dc.titleCaging the blob: using a slime mold to teach concepts about barriers that constrain the movement of organismsen
dc.title.serialAmerican Biology Teacheren
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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