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liutony66 wrote:Well, I found that the competition does not cover events in detail. Instead it covers things about whether it is a bacterial disease or fungal etc., basic properties of it, etc. Consequently, I found (I hear my teacher cringing here ) Wikipedia to be a great resource.

This info is basicaly based on one invitational, so it may be wrong.

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yup, wikipedia can be great!
i used it a lot

akatsuki9 wrote:Does anyone know about a microscopy source besides the ones on soinc.org?

you should google it or go to images to find useful diagrams.

If anyone wants a good instructionals video on cell structure, go to khanacademy.com.
It's the best!

you have to go to this page!
http://scioly.org/wiki/Test_Exchange
especially microbe mission, check out the tests

How do you guys study for microbe picture/microscope slide ID'ing?
It seems like the questions can range from really generic to really specific in the hierarchy of classification.

sciencegeek999 wrote:If anyone wants a good instructionals video on cell structure, go to khanacademy.com.
It's the best!

Yes, that is a very good site for basic intros to stuff.

Does anybody know of (a) good book(s) to study for this event (or microbiology in general) with? I really need one.

Well, there are a huge variety of Microbiology books available.

First of all, check this: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Microbiology+Textbooks

That brings up quite a few results.

Next, check Amazon. Usually there are quite a few books on there.

But what I really recommend doing (as this is what I did) is to go to a used book store and peruse the Science section. Often there are quite a few textbooks on Microbiology over there. Also, this is generally much faster.

Personally though, I recommend the book Foundations in Microbiology by Talaro. Although there is a lot of extraneous information not needed for the event, it provides a pretty good overview (just by reading the first seven to eight chapters) on the information needed.

I hope this helps!

hey does anyone know what the parameters for the event are this year, can we use notes?

One front and back standard copy paper size sheet full of notes from whatever souces you want.

does anyone have any suggestions for font size/font of notes.
thanks!