Some good stuff in the recent edition of CBE Life Sciences Education
Some good stuff in the recent edition of CBE Life Sciences Education.
Tag: education
Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Research on Plant Science Teaching and Learning
A new website introducing genetic engineering
Planting the seeds
Early learners’ reasoning about seed structure and function.
Teaching kids about plants
How to make plants stick in the mind.
What a Plant Knows – MOOC Report
The What a Plant Knows MOOC comes as a refreshing change.
What a Plant Knows – free online course
What a Plant Knows – free online course
Science and Plants for Schools – Biology practical demo – How do nettles sting?
This demo from Science and Plants for Schools demonstrates a quick and easy plant practical for biology labs.
I feckin love the Dead Zoo
The public perception of plants as second rate science is not a new phenomenon.
Focus on transfer cells
A study finds that manipulation of transfer cells may provide new opportunities for improving crop yield.
Algae found under teenager’s bed…
17 year old Sara Volz wins $100 000 scholarship from Intel Science Talent Search for her experiment on algae that she kept under her bed.
Alice in the Wonderland of plants…
Using Student-Produced Time-Lapse Plant Movies to Communicate Concepts in Plant Biology
Why do students think plants are “boring”? One factor may be that they do not see plant movement in real time.
The Plant Science TREE (Tool for Research Engaged Education)
The Plant Science TREE is an on-line teaching tool giving access to inspirational educational resources from the research community.