NAASC-Seeds of Change: Using Plants to Broaden the Impact of Science in Society
Blog, Changing Culture and Climate, Education General Public, NAASC, Video Lectures / Webinars, WebinarsIn November 2018, NAASC hosted an NSF-funded* workshop entitled "Broadening the Impact of Plant Science Through Community-Based Innovation, Evaluation and Sharing of Outreach Programs" at the University of California, Davis.
The 3-day workshop was organized by members of NAASC**, and before it started…
The SingAboutScience.org database: An educational resource for instructors and students
Blog, Education, Education General, GP Multimedia, Multimedia, Multimedia, Younger Children0 Comments
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Setting something to music is a well-known method for supporting learning (think about the alphabet song that you learned as a child). Gregory J. Crowther has assembled a searchable database of science-themed songs, along with lesson plans and suggestions for how to use songs in your teaching.…
Why can't scientists be better communicators? (SciAm blog)
Blog, Careers, Education General Public, Skills and Advice, Writing/Reviewing/Publishing/Communicating
Author Katherine Wu highlights some of the challenges that interfere with scientists communicating.
She says, "Both scientists and non-scientists must commit to not only communication, but also a drastic reassessment of how we communicate with each other. I believe mending the rift starts with…
Australia's giant parasitic Christmas tree, with blades sharp enough to cut telephone wire
Blog, Education, Education General, Education General PublicHere's a fascinating plant in honor of Fascination of Plants Day #PlantDay
By Tim Low, published in Australian Geographic
AUSTRALIA HAS A PARASITE believed to be the largest in the world, a tree whose greedy roots stab victims up to 110m away. The Christmas tree (Nuytsia floribunda) has blades…
Plant Scientists in the Wild (#FoPD)
Blog, Education, Education General, Education General PublicGuest post by Emily Larson @erlarson_phd and Maria Papanatsiou @m_papanatsiou, postdocs at the University of Glasgow, Scotland
If there is one stereotype about some scientists that contains a shred of truth it is that we are definitely indoor kids – at least professionally speaking. We spend a…
How to make a DNA Bracelet
Activities, Activities, Blog, Education, Education General, MHS Activities, Middle & High School, UndergraduateCross-posted from Kelsey Wood with permission. Kelsey is a PhD student at U.C. Davis.
How to make a DNA bracelet, from any organism and any gene!
I study plant-pathogen interactions, so I chose to make a sequence from a wild tobacco gene that is important for plant defense against pathogens.
What…
Launching Botany Live! for Fascination of Plants Day
Activities, Blog, Education, Education General Public, Research, Research BlogMay 18th is the Fascination of Plants Day, and we want to help in this international effort to highlight the importance of plants and plant science. Therefore, we’re supporting the #BotanyLive e-event! In a nutshell, we’re asking planty folks (curious, enthusiasts, professionals) to share something…
Are GMOs good or bad? From the video series "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell"
Education, Education General, Education General Public, GP Multimedia, Multimedia, MultimediaAmazing - over 1.5 million views in less than 24 hours - this is a popular video series!
Here is a list of sources from the YouTube page:
SOURCES:
#What is natural:
GM insulin:
http://bit.ly/2ncHaW5
Genetic engineering for thousands of years:
http://bit.ly/2eCHKfi
http://bit.ly/2mLCvPm
CRISPR:
http://bit.ly/2ncI2uN
#…
Plant evolution and diversity word search
Activities, Activities, Education, MHS Activities, Middle & High SchoolBotanical terms can seem obscure. Why not help your students master some terminology through a word search puzzle?
Download it here: http://aspb.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Plant-Evolution-SearchaWord.pdf