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MicrobeWiki
This Kenyon College wiki—Web pages that allow readers to add or modify content—is a resource on microbes and microbiology authored and edited by undergraduate students. Educators can assign the creation and editing of MicrobeWiki pages as student projects, using a template on the site. The wiki contains a Microbial Biorealm, which is an encyclopedia of bacteria, archaea and eukaryotic microbes; a Viral Biorealm, an encyclopedia of viruses of animals and plants and bacteriophages; and a taxonomy index to the two biorealms. The resource also provides Microbial World News, which contains the latest news of how microbes impact the planet and society; and Microbial Mythology, which deals with common errors and controversies in microbiology.
Viral Biorealm
Educators may assign students the creation of pages for the Viral Biorealm. Students receive individual passwords, but educators determine assignments and grades.
Media: WikiProgram Director: Joan L. Slonczewski, Ph.D.
Award Years: 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004
Summary: Kenyon College is a private baccalaureate institution in Gambier, Ohio. Its HHMI-funded initiatives include:
- An undergraduate research program using DNA microarray technology in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin at Madison;
- A Math Skills Center providing tutoring for math and science courses;
- The development of interdisciplinary course modules and computation-based laboratory investigations to help integrate the physical sciences and mathematics with biology;
- The expansion of student-authored tutorials on biological molecules and the creation of “wikis,” a popular source of information-gathering and knowledge sharing on the Web; and
- Hands-on science workshops on biological evolution and other topics, for middle school teachers to develop inquiry-based science activities in their classes.