Life in Hot Water

Grade / Age

3 - 8 / 8 - 14

Duration

45 minutes

Explorer Classroom is a live, interactive online event featuring National Geographic Explorers.

Explore boiling water with biologist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza and learn about microbes and their importance to the freshwater system.

Credit: Explorer Submitted Image

Event Recording

About This Event

Dive into the mystery of Peru's boiling river and explore the wonder of Yellowstone geysers with biologist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza! Learn about the unseen world of “extreme microbes,”uncover their crucial role in keeping our fresh water system alive, and discover if the microbes in the Peruvian boiling waters are the same as those in Yellowstone, or if they are radically different.

Resources

Website: http://rosavespinoza.com/

Article : Magnifying the world’s tiniest life forms

Article: This scientist studies microbes found in Peru’s Boiling River

Educator resource: Explorer Mindset in Action Guide

Viewing Instructions- prepare for the event with these tips.

Featured Explorer

National Geographic Explorers are an international community of changemakers, who use the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world, while inspiring the next generation to do the same.

Explorer Since 2019

Rosa Vásquez Espinoza

Chemical Biologist, Amazon Conservationist, Artist

Rosa Vásquez Espinoza is a chemical biologist, educator, conservationist, and award-winning artist of Peruvian-Andean Indigenous descent.

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