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Order and Diversity in the Living World: Teaching Taxonomy and Systematics in Schools.
Jorge V. Crisci, Joseph D. McInerney, and Patricia J. McWethy. Reston, Va.: National Association of Biology Teachers, 1993.
Recommended grade level:
1-8+.
Order and Diversity in the Living World is a small book that presents a rationale for classroom study of biological diversity and the relationships between different organisms. It also offers a brief review of the current state of diversity and rate of species extinction, identifies standards that should encourage changes in the way systematics is taught in the classroom, and gives directions for 10 sample activities that involve students in "doing" systematics in the classroom rather than simply reading about the nature of this subdiscipline.
Among the activities, for example, students learn about biological classification by classifying music. They design and construct a dichotomous key. They also develop phylogenetic trees to show the evolutionary relatedness of common household hardware "organisms." They use a model of DNA hybridization to investigate the degree of relatedness of 3 organisms (chimpanzee, human, and gorilla). Each activity includes background information and teaching procedures; some include a list of references.
Price:
$10 (ISBN 0-941212-11-4).
Publisher/supplier:
National Association of Biology Teachers.
Materials:
Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.
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Biodiversity, Life Sciences: Biodiversity: Understanding the Variety of Life, ~ Rainforest Researchers, ~ Biotechnology: The Technology of Life, ~ GrowLab: Activities for Growing Minds, Environmental Sciences: STV: Biodiversity.
Classification, Life Sciences: Glencoe Life Science, ~ Parade of Life: Animals, ~ Parade of Life: Monerans, Protists, Fungi, and Plants, ~ Zebra Mussel Mania, ~ Animals Alive! An Ecological Guide to Animal Activities, ~ Cranial Creations in Life Science: Interdisciplinary and Cooperative Activities, Multi & Applied Sciences: Middle Grades Science: A Problem-Solving Approach, Sixth Grade.
Dichotomous key, Life Sciences: Glencoe Life Science, ~ Outbreak!, ~ Getting to Know the Whales, What Seed Is It?--A Hands-on Classroom Project, Earth Sciences: Science Experiments: Earth Science, Multi & Applied Sciences: How Might Life Evolve on Other Worlds?
DNA, Life Sciences: DNA--From Genes to Proteins, ~ From Genes to Jeans: An Activity-Based Unit on Genetic Engineering and Agriculture, ~ An Introduction to Biotechnology: Book 2, ~ Life Changes through Time, ~ The Molecular Model of DNA and Its Replication Kit, What Does DNA Look Like?, Multi & Applied Sciences: Science 2000: Science 2 (Grade 8).
Extinction, Life Sciences: Heredity: The Code of Life, ~ Biodiversity: Understanding the Variety of Life, Environmental Sciences: Changes in Ecosystems, ~ Endangered Species: Wild and Rare, Earth Sciences: Exploring Planet Earth, Multi & Applied Sciences: Evolution: Change over Time, ~ Middle Grades Science: A Problem-Solving Approach, Eighth Grade.
Gorilla, Multi & Applied Sciences: Evolution: Change over Time.
Models, Physical Sciences: Glencoe Physical Science, ~ Matter: Building Block of the Universe, ~ Chemical Interactions, ~ Experimenting with Model Rockets, ~ Inventor's Lab, ~ Newton's Toy Box, ~ Experiments with Balloons, ~ Experiments with Motion, ~ LEGO Technic I Activity Center, ~ Machines, ~ Science Experiments: Chemistry and Physics, ~ Simple and Motorized Machines Activity Pack, ~ Soap Films and Bubbles, ~ Structures, Life Sciences: Glencoe Life Science, ~ Heredity: The Code of Life, ~ DNA--From Genes to Proteins, ~ Food, Energy, and Growth, ~ From Genes to Jeans: An Activity-Based Unit on Genetic Engineering and Agriculture, ~ The Human Body: How Can I Maintain and Care for Myself?, ~ An Introduction to Biotechnology: Book 2, ~ Life Changes through Time, ~ You and Your Body, ~ Zebra Mussel Mania, ~ The Molecular Model of DNA and Its Replication Kit, Environmental Sciences: Plastics in Our Lives, ~ Water: Can We Keep It Fit for Life?, ~ Environmental Issues: Intermediate, ~ Environmental Resource Guide: Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention, ~ Global Awareness for Students (GAS): Studies in Climate, ~ H2O Below: An Activity Guide for Groundwater Study, ~ STV: Water, Earth Sciences: Project STAR: The Universe in Your Hands, ~ Asteroid!, ~ Earth, Moon, and Stars, ~ Earth Processes, ~ Earthquake!, ~ Earthquakes, ~ The Moons of Jupiter, ~ Project Earth Science: Geology, ~ River Cutters, ~ Stories in Stone, ~ The Universe: Exploring Stars, Constellations, and Galaxies, ~ Earthquakes: A Teacher's Package for K-6, ~ Earth Science Investigations, ~ Earthy Things, ~ Hands-On Geology: K-12 Activities and Resources, ~ Janice VanCleave's Earthquakes: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn into Science Fair Projects, ~ On the Rocks: Earth Science Activities for Grades 1-8, ~ Project SPICA: A Teacher Resource to Enhance Astronomy Education, ~ A Sedimentary Geologists' Guide to Helping K-12 Earth Science Teachers: Hints, Ideas, Activities and Resources, Multi & Applied Sciences: Models and Designs, ~ Prime Science: Level C, ~ Energy Transformations: Fourth Module in Bio-Related Technologies Unit, ~ Hot Water and Warm Homes from Sunlight, ~ How Telecommunication Works: How People Use Energy to Communicate, ~ If Shipwrecks Could Talk, ~ JASON IV Curriculum: Baja California Sur, ~ Life: Here? There? Elsewhere? The Search for Life on Venus and Mars, ~ Packaging, ~ A Sunken Ship, ~ The Teaching Tank Discovery Book, ~ The Teaching Tank Discovery Book, ~ Technology Science Mathematics Connection Activities, ~ Transformations: Science, Technology and Society.
