Microbe Mission

Division: Div B – Middle School

NC Essential Standards Alignment: 7.L.1, 8.L.1, Bio1.1, Bio 1.2

Event Rules: See the National Rules Manual

National Event Page: Here

Description:

Teams will answer questions, solve problems and analyze data pertaining to microbes.

Materials:

Students must wear safety goggles.  Each team may bring one 8.5×11″ sheet of paper which may be in a sheet protector sealed by tape or laminated, that may contain information on both sides in any form and from any source without any annotations or labels affixed along with two stand alone non programmable non graphing calculators.  

Scoring:

High score wins. Points are earned for the quality and accuracy of responses. Predetermined questions will be used to break ties.

Event Resources:

Google Drive folder from the Coaches Clinic 2017
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Microbiology by Jeffrey Byrd and Tabitha Powledge- GREAT book!