Exploring Deep-Subsurface Life
- Author: Geological Sciences
- Number of episodes: 4
- Web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~deeplife
Podcast Description:
This is a series of videos about scientists exploring for life in deep gold mines in South Africa and Arctic Canada. The DVD was developed to support a workbook with lessons and activities, which can be downloaded from the website or ordered by contacting rdroppo@indiana.edu. The episodes are fairly large, so downloads can take some time. Subscribing will bring them into iTunes.
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Exploring Deep-Subsurface Life
| Name | Time | Artist/Performer | Release Date | Description | Author | Language | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Exploring Deep-Subsurface Life: Lesson 3 Extremophiles | 00:13:37 | Lisa M. Pratt, Peter Suchecki, Ruth Droppo | 3/10/2008 | Lesson 3, Extreme Microbes and Their Environments, talks about the nutrients necessary for life in the deep-subsurface. Dr. Corien Bakermans at Michigan State University takes the audience through a 'cooking lesson' as she prepares media to grow bacteria from the water she collected at Lupin Mine in Arctic Canada. | Geological Sciences | English |  |
| 2. | Exploring Deep-Subsurface Life: Lesson 2 Cellular Metabolism | 00:10:56 | Lisa M. Pratt, Peter Suchecki, Ruth Droppo | 3/10/2008 | Lesson 2, Cell Metabolism, is about how scientists look for 'fingerprints' of life in the deep subsurface. There are interviews with scientists at Princeton who are looking inside rock cores for ancient life forms. | Geological Sciences | English | |
| 3. | Exploring Deep-Subsurface Life: Introduction | 00:10:38 | Lisa M. Pratt, Peter Suchecki, Ruth Droppo | 3/10/2008 | This is the introduction to a series of videos about scientists who look for life in deep gold mines in South Africa and the Canadian Arctic. | Geological Sciences | English | |
| 4. | Exploring Deep-Subsurface Life: Lesson 1 Life Domains | 00:08:01 | Lisa M. Pratt, Peter Suchecki, Ruth Droppo | 3/7/2008 | Lesson 1, Life Domains, introduces the Tree of Life and the three domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. There are interviews with the scientists on cell wall differences, and electron microscope images of bacteria cultured from Lupin Mine in Arctic Canada | Geological Sciences | English | |
