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Fancovicová, Jana; Szikhart, Mário; Prokop, Pavol – American Biology Teacher, 2020
The human brain is limited by its capacity and incapable of memorizing all information. The memory system evolved to give preference to memory information related to maintaining and increasing individual fitness. We have chosen fungi, a heavily neglected area in science education research, to investigate which kind of information about mushrooms…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biological Sciences, Plants (Botany), Secondary School Students
Preston, Christine – Teaching Science, 2017
Plants are often overlooked in favour of animals when teaching about living things. Focusing on familiar animals that share human characteristics helps young children learn about similar features. Examining plants for their differences, though, helps foster wonder. In the author's experience, children find it intriguing that plants need…
Descriptors: Botany, Elementary School Science, Young Children, Science Activities
Klees, Guido; Piepenbring, Meike – Journal of Biological Education, 2018
The conveyance of knowledge of the life cycles performed by fungi and plants with spores is a challenge for teaching in university education. The life cycles of fungi, in particular, can be very complex and difficult to understand. This paper presents the development and implementation of a German and English educational software program,…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Biological Sciences, Courseware, Computer Simulation
Södervik, Ilona; Virtanen, Viivi; Mikkilä-Erdmann, Mirjamaija – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
University students' understanding of photosynthesis was examined in a large introductory biosciences class. The focus of this study was to first examine the conceptions of photosynthesis among students in class and then to investigate how a certain type of text could enhance students' understanding of photosynthesis. The study was based on pre-…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Scientific Concepts, Plants (Botany)
Jördens, Janina; Asshoff, Roman; Kullmann, Harald; Hammann, Marcus – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Students' explanations of biological phenomena are frequently characterized by disconnects between levels and confusion of levels. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of a hands-on lab activity that aims at fostering the ability to reason across levels. A total of 197 students (18 years of age) participated in a randomized,…
Descriptors: Evolution, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Education
Trundle, Kathy Cabe; Mollohan, Katherine N; Smith, Mandy McCormick – Science and Children, 2013
A Framework for K-12 Science Education (NRC 2012) includes inheritance as a core idea within the life science framework. For example, life science core idea 3A states that by the end of second grade, children's knowledge should include the ability to recognize and investigate physical differences and similarities among the same kind of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Elementary School Science, Biological Sciences, Biology
Strain, Steven R.; Chmielewski, Jerry G. – American Biology Teacher, 2010
The National Science Education Standards prescribe that an understanding of the importance of classifying organisms be one component of a student's educational experience in the life sciences. The use of a classification scheme to identify organisms is one way of addressing this goal. We describe Conifer ID, a computer application that assists…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Identification, Classification, Biological Sciences
Johnson, Nancy C.; Chaudhary, V. Bala; Hoeksema, Jason D.; Moore, John C.; Pringle, Anne; Umbanhowar, James A.; Wilson, Gail W. T. – American Biology Teacher, 2009
Biology curricula cover fungi in units on bacteria, protists, and primitive plants, but fungi are more closely related to animals than to bacteria or plants. Like animals, fungi are heterotrophs and cannot create their own food; but, like plants, fungi have cell walls, and are for the most part immobile. Most species of fungi have a filamentous…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Animals, Field Trips, Class Activities
Robertson, William C. – National Science Teachers Association (NJ3), 2009
This valuable and entertaining compendium of Bill Robertson's popular "Science 101" columns, from NSTA member journal "Science and Children," proves you don't have to be a science geek to understand basic scientific concepts. The author of the best-selling "Stop Faking It!" series explains everything from quarks to photosynthesis, telescopes to…
Descriptors: Space Sciences, Physical Sciences, Scientific Concepts, Botany
Skendzic, Elizabeth M.; Mossman, Catherine A. – American Biology Teacher, 2007
Many plant biologists claim that there is a tremendous bias towards the study of animals in science curricula, however, there is even less attention given to topics on fungi. On average, Biology laboratory manuals will have only one fungi exercise, and most of the time, it is mainly descriptive. As we developed this exercise we realized how much…
Descriptors: Laboratory Manuals, Advanced Placement, Biology, Science Instruction
Coffman, Margaret; Peggy, Liggit – Science and Children, 2005
Just imagine the excitement in the classroom when Johnny Appleseed strides in. Barefoot and dressed in a burlap sack, he-well, actually, it's you dressed up as Johnny-wears a tin pan for a hat and smiles as he relates the reason for his visit. Fall is apple season, and he's here to explain how all the beautiful fall apples were produced. The story…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Science Education, Class Activities, Plants (Botany)
West, Donna – Science Scope, 2004
Teaching plant growth to seventh-grade life science students has been interesting for the author because she grew up in a rural area and always had to help in the garden. She made many assumptions about what her rural and suburban students knew. One year she decided to have them grow plants to observe the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Biological Sciences, Science Activities, Science Instruction
Putting Thought in Accordance with Things: The Demise of Animal-Based Analogies for Plant Functions.

Barker, Miles – Science and Education, 2002
Advances six practical suggestions in transpiration whereby teachers can support students in their struggle to put their thoughts, especially everyday mental models, in accordance with classroom experimental evidence. Discusses the wider implications for how to teach about living things and how to view the status of analogies in science generally.…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Higher Education, Plants (Botany), Science Activities
Thompson, Stephen – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2007
Research shows that many students hold misconceptions related to plant functions (Hershey 2004). Some of these students will become teachers with little content understanding to identify their students' misconceptions about plants (Amir and Tamir 1994). The literature on teaching about plants doesn't help; it contains frequent errors,…
Descriptors: Sciences, Misconceptions, Science Teachers, Biological Sciences

Davis, Larry Eugene; Eves, Robert Leo – Journal of Geological Education, 1988
Provides a format for the identification of fossils when introducing geologic time in the laboratory. Presents an organization of fossils into three major groups based on radial, bilateral, and no apparent symmetry. States that this method reinforces student learning and provides for an orderly approach to fossils. (RT)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, College Science