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Live example: Streak Plate Method

Instructor: Elroy Klaviter

Producer: Jiatyan Chen

Flash design and development: Ben Rhodes

Purpose: A virtual laboratory steps through the key elements of the streak plate method used to isolate of individual organisms in pure culture. It simulates real wait time and provides relevance to the real life process by making sure that the students apply all the steps in the right order to grow a pure culture. Hint: sterilize, sample, streak, sterilize, streak, sterilize, streak.

Elements online: 100% online.

Technologies used: Flash MX.

Development Time: 2 months

Lessons learned/feedback: Very positive comments from students.