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

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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.




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