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Dolan, Erin L.; Lally, David J.; Brooks, Eric; Tax, Frans E. – Science Teacher, 2008
In this article, the authors describe a large-scale research collaboration, the Partnership for Research and Education in Plants (PREP), which has capitalized on publicly available databases that contain massive amounts of biological information; stock centers that house and distribute inexpensive organisms with different genotypes; and the…
Descriptors: Investigations, Partnerships in Education, Internet, Educational Resources
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Mitchell, Richard – Science Teacher, 2000
Presents a soybean project designed with an interdisciplinary approach that includes the stages of planting soybeans, studying the impact of rhizobium bacteria on soybean root development, synthesizing the raw oil to methyl ester, testing of biodiesel on a hybrid electric car, and studying the commodities market. Integrates plant science,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Constructivism (Learning), Genetics, High Schools
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Terry, Mark – Science Teacher, 2005
In this article, the author presents a two-week evolution unit for his biology class. He uses Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) as an example of an Enlightenment mind at work--in this case a woman recognized as one of the great artists and natural scientists of her time. Her representations of butterflies, caterpillars and their pupae, and the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Secondary School Science, Ecology, Genetics