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Garthwaite, Kathryn; Birdsall, Sally; France, Bev – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2023
When secondary school students were asked about the socioscientific issue of using sodium fluoroacetate (1080) poison to control New Zealand's possum pests, they provided a wide range of responses. Their responses showed that they considered this method of control to be risky and contentious. Such contentious issues are an example of the…
Descriptors: Risk, Risk Assessment, Secondary School Students, Science and Society
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Fisher, Matthew R. – American Biology Teacher, 2022
Storytelling can stimulate learning by delivering scientific content within a narrative that increases comprehension and engagement. In this article I describe the coevolutionary arms race between toxic newts and predatory garter snakes. This engaging story centers on the use of a deadly neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin (TTX) as an antipredator…
Descriptors: Animals, Animal Behavior, Genetics, Evolution
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Malinich, Timothy J.; Kowalski, Jacqueline; Behnke, Charles – Journal of Extension, 2021
A diagnostic walkabout (DW) is an in-field diagnostic training program for professionals in the green industry (greenhouse, landscape, nursery, and turf businesses). DWs have been scheduled annually since 2002 and are easily replicable, fee-based programs that provide cost recovery. DWs also serve as a mentoring program for new Extension…
Descriptors: Horticulture, Training, Professional Training, Extension Education