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A Learning Progression for Energy in Socio-Ecological Systems
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Jin, Hui; Anderson, Charles W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
This article reports on our work of developing a learning progression focusing on K-12 students' performances of using energy concept in their accounts of carbon-transforming processes in socio-ecological systems. Carbon-transforming processes--the ecological carbon cycle and the combustion of biomass and fossil fuels--provide all of the energy…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Energy, Role, Science Curriculum
Chimnecology.
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Jester, Robert – Science Teacher, 1988
Explains how a science teacher's experiences as a chimney sweep were used to provide new material for introducing and reinforcing scientific concepts. Photographs of chimney inhabitants were used as the raw data for student inquiries into the ecological processes taking place in and around chimneys. (RT)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Ecology
Building Ecosystems: Organisms, Energy, and Minerals
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Windle, P. N.; And Others – Science Activities, 1977
Describes two lessons on ecology for elementary students developed by four ecology students at the University of Georgia. (SL)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Ecology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Small-Mammal Studies in the Out-Of-Doors.
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Lustig, Loren W.; Wright, Emmett – Science Teacher, 1979
Describes how small-mammal studies in the out-of-doors can be adapted to science and environmental programs in the middle and upper secondary grades. (HM)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Development, Ecology
Senior High School Biological Sciences.
Maida, Al; And Others – 1982
Instruction in the biological sciences is the topic of this guide developed for high schools in Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida. The subjects covered are: (1) Anatomy and Physiology for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders; (2) Biology I for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders; (3) Biology I, Advanced, for 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders; (4) Biology II,…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Behavioral Objectives, Biological Sciences, Biology
Life Science. A Curriculum Guide.
Spann, Margaret; Cowan, Connie – 1974
The life science curriculum is designed to promote the development of healthy living habits. Emphasis is placed on problems of major concern in the daily life of students and on significant problems in modern society. The curriculum is designed for students enrolled in the coordinated vocational education and training for disadvantaged and…
Descriptors: Behavior, Biological Sciences, Curriculum Guides, Disadvantaged Youth
Problems in the Adaptation of Nonformal Study Programs to the Israeli Educational System.
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Chen, Benjamin; And Others – Science Education, 1979
Describes the adaptation process involved in modifying the outdoor biology instructional strategies (OBIS) project to the local environment and educational system in Israel. (HM)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Curriculum Development, Ecology, Elementary School Science
Essential Laboratory Activities Guide. Secondary Science.
Duval County Schools, Jacksonville, FL. – 1982
This teacher's guide was developed for use in junior and senior high schools in Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida, for the purpose of identifying those secondary science laboratory experiences which are essential to the development of science content knowledge and competency in handling science laboratory equipment and consumables. The guide…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science