A laboratory experiment for science courses: Sedimentary microbial fuel cells

PÉRGOLA MARTÍN; NATALIA JIMENA SACCO; BONETTO MARÍA CELINA; GALAGOVSKY LIDIA; CORTÓN EDUARDO

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION

JOHN WILEY & SONS INC

Lugar: New York; Año: 2022

1470-8175

Nowadays there is a concern to improve the quality of education by including an interdisciplinary approach of concepts and their integration in the curriculum of scientific disciplines. The development of microbial fuel cells as a potential alternative for the production of renewable energies gives undergraduate students the challenge of integrating interdisciplinary concepts in a hot topic of global interest as alternative energies. We present a laboratory experiment that has been part of a third-year undergraduate course in biology where students gained experience in assembling microbial fuel cells and the understanding of how they work. In this process, the students could integrate biological, biochemical, and electric concepts. In addition, the acquisition of manual skills and experimental design decisions are important for the development of future professionals.