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Moore, Robin C. – 1993
This book presents guidelines in the design and management of children's landscapes and reveals the importance of plants as a resource for play and child development. It identifies plants by function, i.e., their sensory values, play values, food production, seasonal interest, shade quality, screens against natural barriers, wildlife enhancement,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Landscaping, Pesticides, Plant Identification
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Cohen, Paul; Cohen, Brenda – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1997
Presents a brief life history of Carl Linnaeus, a professor of medicine and botany in Uppsala, Sweden. Highlights his work in developing a classification system for plants and animals, and his botanical lectures and demonstrations. (JRH)
Descriptors: Biographies, Classification, Higher Education, Plants (Botany)
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Inagaki, Kayoko; Hatano, Giyoo – Child Development, 1996
Results from several experiments indicated that by age 5, children distinguished animals and plants from nonliving things in terms of growth; many 5-year olds attributed growth, intake of food and water, and illness to both animals and plants; and 5-year olds responded affirmatively when asked whether plants would manifest phenomena similar to…
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Childhood Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Knapp, Alan K.; Smith, Dixie L. – American Biology Teacher, 1997
Presents an exercise that demonstrates how plants cope with multiple resource limitations in the field. Stimulates students to think about interactions among multiple limited resources and the challenges plants as immobile organisms face when characteristics that increase the capture of one resource negatively impact the availability of another.…
Descriptors: Biology, Ecology, Higher Education, Plants (Botany)
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Bardell, David – American Biology Teacher, 1995
When students think of evolution, they often think of those genetic changes that occur to make organisms different. This article describes how students can become better informed of convergent evolution, the process by which organisms with dissimilar ancestors come to resemble each other. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Biology, Evolution, Plants (Botany), Science Education
Swinehart, Rebecca, Ed. – Chemecology, 1995
This activity involves elementary students in an investigation of the usefulness of plant parts as a food source. An introduction discusses the dependence of animal life on plants. Materials needed and step-by-step procedure are provided. (LZ)
Descriptors: Botany, Elementary Education, Food, Plants (Botany)
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Hickling, Anne K.; Gelman, Susan A. – Child Development, 1995
Examined young children's understanding of seed origins and growth preconditions and the stages of plant growth. Found that, by 4.5 years, children realized that natural causal mechanisms underlie plant growth and appreciated the relationship of seeds to plants. Results suggest that preschoolers hold theory-like understandings of plants similar to…
Descriptors: Botany, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Gardening
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Hershey, David R. – American Biology Teacher, 1991
The differences between measuring light intensity for the human eye and for plant photosynthesis are discussed. Conversion factors needed to convert various units of light are provided. Photosynthetic efficiency and the electricity costs for plants to undergo photosynthesis using interior lighting are described. (KR)
Descriptors: Biology, Computation, Light, Photosynthesis
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Arnfield, Edwin A. – American Biology Teacher, 1991
Discusses the succession of ecological and geological structures as exhibited at Glacier National Park, Montana. Topics discussed include glaciers, the geological history of Glacier National Park, glaciation of the Rocky Mountains, paleoecology, the vegetational history of the Northwestern United States, and glaciation and the modern vegetation.…
Descriptors: Biology, Ecology, Geology, Higher Education
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Backscheider, Andrea G.; And Others – Child Development, 1993
In three experiments, children were asked whether animals, plants, and artifacts that had been damaged could heal through regrowth and whether a person could mend them. Four-year olds realized that both animals and plants could regrow and that artifacts had to be fixed by humans. Three-year olds were less knowledgeable than four-year olds. (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Animals, Biology, Cognitive Development
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Tatina, Robert; Hohn, Kevin – American Biology Teacher, 1994
Uses diagrams to aid in describing a simple, rapid technique for staining the nuclei of pollen grains that have been germinated in vitro. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Science Activities, Science Education, Science Instruction
Young, Darrell D. – Pathways to Outdoor Communication, 1996
Describes plants commonly found in residential areas that can be used for making tea: chicory, chickweed, red clover, goldenrod, gill-over-the-ground, pineapple weed, plantain, self-heal, sheep sorrel, and wild strawberry. Includes proper plant name, areas where the plant grows, identifying plant features, what part is used in making tea, and tea…
Descriptors: Habitats, Outdoor Education, Plant Identification, Plants (Botany)
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Mandler, Jean M.; McDonough, Laraine – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Five experiments tested the development of conceptual categories by familiarizing infants to objects in a category and presenting them with an object in a different category. Infants' responses indicated that infants at 7 to 11 months categorized animals, vehicles, and furniture; at 11 months, plants and kitchen utensils; and at 9 to 11 months,…
Descriptors: Animals, Classification, Concept Formation, Furniture
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Wolfe, Edward W.; Dozier, Hallie – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2000
Developed an instrument to measure invasive plant environmentalism (knowledge and attitudes concerning non-native plant invasions). Scaled responses of 237 plant nursery customers to a 17-item standardized interview using the partial credit model. Results indicate that the instrument measured the construct of invasive plant environmentalism…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Measures, Environment, Knowledge Level
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Ben-Ari, Elia T. – Bioscience, 1999
Discusses how botanical artists blend science and aesthetics. (CCM)
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Illustrations
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