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ubiquity ease microbial cells disperse space key concept microbiology especially microbial ecology phenomenon prompted baas beckings famous everything everywhere statement acts null hypothesis studies test dispersal limitation microbial taxa despite covering content lectures exam performance indicated concepts dispersal biogeography challenged undergraduate students upperlevel microbial ecology course therefore iteratively designed handson classroom activity supplement lecture content reinforce fundamental microbial dispersal biogeography concepts also building quantitative reasoning teamwork skills class period soon lecture students formed threetofiveperson teams engage activity included handson dispersal simulation worksheet guide discussion simulation involved stepwise neutral immigration emigration environmental selection random community microbial taxa represented craft poms students recorded results step microbial community data field guide provided identify taxonomy based pom phenotype reference taxons preferred environmental niches worksheet guided reflection student observations simulation also sharpened quantitative thinking prompting students summarize visualize teams microbial community data compare observed community distributions idealized expectation given selection without dispersal found activity improved student performance exam questions general student satisfaction comfort biogeography concepts activity instructions list needed materials included instructors reproduce classrooms