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Direct linkMarkwick, Andy – Primary Science, 2021
The topic 'Animals including humans' runs through the primary science National Curriculum in England (DfE, 2013). Ideally, topics such as inheritance will lead onto adaptation, natural selection and evolution across key stages 1 to 2 (ages 5-11). This article provides nine engaging activities to support the teaching of adaptation and improve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Elementary School Students, Animals
Martínez-Losada, Cristina; García-Barros, Susana; Garrido, María – Journal of Biological Education, 2014
This study analysed the characteristics that children in the initial stages of schooling attribute to living beings. Interviews were conducted with 138 children aged 3-7 years in a school in the Spanish city of A Coruña, Galicia. Aspects found in pen-and-paper activities dealing with living beings, provided by the teachers (158 in total) at this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Interviews
Yang, Jie Chi; Lin, Yi Lung – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
When using mobile devices in support of learning activities, students gain mobility, but problems arise when group members share information. The small size of the mobile device screen becomes problematic when it is being used by two or more students to share and exchange information. This problem affects interactions among group members. To…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Attitudes, Pretests Posttests, Achievement Tests
Download full textSouthern Illinois Univ., Carbondale. Dept. of Agricultural Education and Mechanization. – 1992
This lesson plan is intended for use in conducting classes on plant identification. Presented first are a series of questions and answers designed to convey general information about the scientific classification of plants. The following topics are among those discussed: main types of plants; categories of vascular plants; gymnosperms and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Classification, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedCallison, Priscilla L.; Wright, Emmett L. – Science Activities, 1992
Describes an activity for studying weeds in grades four through nine. "Wanted" posters are prepared with the scientific name of a common weed and a few identifying features. Students find the plant, give it an "alias" or common name, and then draw the "wanted" picture. Presents six wanted posters and describes expansion lessons and follow-up…
Descriptors: Biology, Classification, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSilvius, John E. – American Biology Teacher, 1993
Explains how computer database technology can be used in the herbarium and be a useful aid in teaching botany and plant taxonomy. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, Classification, College Science, Computer Uses in Education
Jackson Community Coll., MI. Dahlem Environmental Education Center. – 1984
This instructional packet is one of 14 school environmental education programs developed for use in the classroom and at the Dahlem Environmental Education Center (DEEC) of the Jackson Community College (Michigan). Provided in the packet are pre-trip activities, field trip activities, and post-trip activities which focus on plants and…
Descriptors: Botany, Classification, Ecology, Elementary School Mathematics
