BIOLOGY AND SCIENCE TEACHERS
Unit Design: Plant Kingdom
Standards & Curricular Mandates (Grades 9-12)
Science Standard A: Select
science content and adapt and design curricula to meet the interests, knowledge,
understanding, abilities, and experiences of students.
Select teaching and assessment strategies that support the development of
student understanding and nurture a community of science learners.
Content Standard A: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry
Content Standart F: Natural resources
Environmental quality
Natural and human-induced hazards
Resources For This Unit
-http://www.ran.org/info_center/teacherstudent.html
This site contains rainforest educational materials.
-http://www.sc2000.net/~czaremba/
This site has a high school biology curriculum outlined. There are many laboratory suggestions and other resources.
-http://askearth.com/go/intro?t=4346&a=biology&c=6
This is a great site where teachers can pose questions to others interested in biology.
-http://biology.arizona.edu/sciconn/lessons2/lessons.html
This site has lesson plans for some biology topics. These plans include possible laboratory experiements.
-http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/photo6e.html
This site tells us which science standards should be used when teaching photosynthesis.
There are also examples of how to teach photosynthesis.
-http://www.eyesoftime.com/teacher/biology.htm
Teachers can get information regarding various biological topics at this site.
-http://www.nal.usda.gov/outreach/resources.htm
This site has useful links to information such as food & nutrition,
agriculture, gardening & water quality, and plant ecosystems & animal
welfare.