92020 Relationship between a Microorganism and the Environment - Home Use
92020 Relationship between a Microorganism and the Environment - Home Use
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This version of the resource is for home use. Students work independently through the resource. If you are a teacher, you should purchase the school use version.
New NCEA Achievement Standards
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This resource covers learning from NCEA Level 1 Science Achievement Standard 92020 (Chemistry and Biology 1.1) Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between a microorganism and the environment.
What you’ll learn
Microorganisms have a really important ‘connector’ role throughout our environment. This course explores that relationship between the two in depth.
This course is broken into five sections.
1. Take a journey into a microscopic world | He haerenga ki tētahi ao mōkitokito
In this section you'll learn about:
- what microorganisms are, and some of the main types
- the seven life processes all living microorganisms carry out
- key biotic and abiotic environmental factors and how these influence microorganisms’ growth and survival.
2. Meet the bacteria | Tūtakitaki ki ngā huakita
In this section you'll learn more about:
- different bacteria and how they impact our everyday lives
- how bacterial structure influences its function, so you can explain the changes you see when they are interacting with their environment
- some key life processes in bacteria – nutrition and digestion, respiration, excretion, and reproduction and growth.
3. At home with the fungi | Te nohotahi me te hekaheka
In this section you'll learn more about:
- microfungi like yeasts and moulds, and how they are structured
- some key life processes in microfungi – nutrition and digestion, respiration, excretion, and reproduction and growth.
4. Getting to know some viruses better | Kia mōhio pai ake ki wētahi huaketo
In this section you'll learn more about:
- what viruses are and how they are structured
- the viral life cycle and viral replication.
5. Investigating the relationship between microorganisms and their environment | Kia mātai i te hononga o ngā moroiti ki tō rātou taiao
In this section you'll:
- learn how to grow bacteria and fungi for investigations
- investigate the effects of temperature, pH, nutrient availability and toxins on microbial life processes through lots of examples and case studies
- learn about the effects of vaccines on microbial life processes
- learn about the effects of UV light, antiseptics, disinfectants and antivirals on viral life processes
- examine how in turn, various life processes of the microorganisms can also affect particular abiotic or biotic factors of their surrounding environment.
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