New Competition! Teaching Tools in Plant Biology pre-proposals: April 30, 2017
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Have you got a passion for plant science that you are eager to share? Do you have a favorite paper, experiment, topic, or method that you like to share with undergraduates? Have you found a clever way to engage students and stimulate their curiosity?
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Chris Martine: Inspiring Exploration in Botany
Education, Education General, Profiles of Plant ScientistsChris Martine is a Professor of Biology at Bucknell University. He is also an excellent communicator of plant science, through his YouTube series "Plants are Cool Too". In 2016 he was awarded the New England Biolabs Passion in Science Award. You can see him talk about his science communication efforts…
Backyard Mystery, a free curriculum about pathogens
Education, MHS Activities, Middle & High School, ResourcesA free curriculum for grades 5 - 7
Download at http://ucbiotech.org/backyardmystery/
About Backyard Mystery
Backyard Mystery is part of the STEMware™ project, “Collaborative Research Strategies: STEMware™ – Designing Immersive Biology Learning Simulations for Formal and Informal Settings”.…
It's all in the touch: Plant Biology Curriculum for grades 5 - 8 (ages 10 - 13)
Education, MHS Activities, Middle & High School, Organizations, ResourcesThe All In the Touch curriculum was developed by Dr. Peggy G. Lemaux and her assistant, Science Communication Specialist Ms. Barbara Alonso at the University of California, Berkeley with funding from the American Society of Plant Biologists (http://aspb.org ). Dr. Cristina Reynaga-Pena also contributed…
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
Hunt for Plants in Your House
Activities, Education, MHS Activities, Middle & High SchoolHelp eradicate plant blindness as students explore the plants that comprise their indoor environent. This quick, classroom-ready page (PDF) is ideally suited for middle grade students.
"Plants are all around us. Plants are used for their fiber, oil and nutritional content. They help us have clean…
How many plants in a hamburger?
Activities, Education, MHS Activities, Middle & High SchoolHelp eradicate plant blindness as students explore plant biology concepts and hands-on activities related to a hamburger. This quick, classroom-ready page (PDF) is ideally suited for middle grade students. The back of the sheet lists the plants needed to make a burger, from barley to wheat!
How…
“How to Read a Scientific Paper” and “Case Study: Reading a Plant Physiology article”
Activities, Blog, Education, Education General, MHS Activities, Middle & High School, Resources, ResourcesOne of the most important skills a young scientist needs to learn is how to read (and write) scientific papers. Some students begin to learn this in a high school biology classes, and others as they begin their university coursework. To help instructors teach these critical skills, we created two articles…
Greening the classroom: Acitivities from ABRC
Activities, Education, MHS Activities, Organizations, OrganizationsThe Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (ABRC) has developed numerous investigative activities using Arabidopsis. Most of the activities are suitable for high school or college level students. You can order seeds (usually free to educators) and download teaching guides from the Education and Outreach…