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Beatriz Carrasquer-Álvarez; Adrián Ponz-Miranda – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
Research into seed germination classroom activities has been common in the last few decades. Didactic proposals have generally focused on the implementation of guided activities in a specific educational stage and context, and an evaluation of the results. However, it is not evident that students approach seed and germination concepts with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Students, Plants (Botany)
Wallee Naimi; Gail A. Vinnacombe-Willson; Stanley Saldana; Lionnel Ronduen; Heather Domjan; Naihao Chiang – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Stimulating interest in science at an early age is important for STEM education. This work details an educational activity utilizing the anthocyanins found in butterfly pea flowers ("Clitoria ternatea"). This activity was developed for use in official classroom settings, online, and/or at-home with parental or educator guidance. Primary…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, STEM Education, Fundamental Concepts
Ross, Keith – School Science Review, 2021
We often say food and fuels "contain" energy. It is more accurate to say that energy is stored in the "fuel-oxygen system" generated during photosynthesis. It is definitely "not" stored in fuels or food (except for the very small amount of energy that can be obtained during anaerobic respiration). Aerobic respiration…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Energy, Botany, Scientific Concepts
Çigdem Çingil Baris – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
The aim of this research is to examine the effects of laboratory activities based on the predict-observe-explain (POE) strategy on the understanding of photosynthesis and respiration concepts of pre-service science teachers, and their attitudes towards biology science and course and biology laboratory. Pre- and post-test designs with an…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Science Activities, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Tan, Aik-Ling; Ng, Yong Sim; Koh, Jaime; Ong, Yann Shiou; Koh, Dominic – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2023
This integrated STEM activity on the design of a vertical farming system has biology as the lead discipline and relates to the concept of photosynthesis. Students investigated the optimal design of vertical farms that will deliver appropriate amounts of water, sunlight and carbon dioxide to plants such that there will be optimal yield. Through…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Biology, Agricultural Education, Design
Christopher Speldewinde – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The forest school approach to nature learning has gathered momentum in the UK and across parts of Europe including Scandinavia for well over 50 years. In other contexts that include Canada, China, New Zealand and Australia, nature-based early childhood education and care settings, influenced by European forest school approaches, are in a rapid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education
Ürek, Handan – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2020
Germinating a seed is presumably the first experiment made by a child in his life. So, it has an important place both in child's scientific experience and understanding. Despite the significance of the experiment, the literature indicates that students possess various misconceptions related to the concepts of seed and seed germination. So, it is…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Plants (Botany), Middle School Students, Children
Cisterna, Dante; Ingram, Erin; Bhattacharya, Devarati; Roy, Ranu; Forbes, Cory – Science and Children, 2020
A set of core ideas in the life sciences revolve around genetics, variation, and inheritance. While the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS; NGSS Lead States 2013) emphasize teaching and learning about these concepts across K-12 grades, it is critical for early learners to begin to develop understanding of them. By the end of fifth…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Plants (Botany), Genetics, Elementary School Science
Akcay, Hakan – Education, 2017
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate science teaching and assessing what is learned via using concept maps. Concept mapping is a technique for visually representing the structure of information. Concept mapping allows students to understand the relationships between concepts of science by creating a visual map of the connections. Concept…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Nesimyan -- Agadi, Dina; Ben Zvi Assaraf, Orit – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
The theory of evolution can be a useful basis for developing students' understanding of ecology. Our study used concept maps to examine the development of sixth-grade students' understanding of the Antarctic ecosystem following several evolution 'Science Days' conducted at 'Nature Campus' -- an informal learning environment comprised of a natural…
Descriptors: Evolution, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Grade 6
Harley, Suzanne M. – American Biology Teacher, 2013
In many labs on photosynthesis, the presence of starch in leaves is used as an indirect indicator of photosynthetic activity. Students do starch tests on leaves from plants that have been kept under a variety of conditions in order to check parameters for photosynthesis. The starch test can also be used to enable students to discover differences…
Descriptors: Botany, Plants (Botany), Science Activities, Science Experiments
Keeley, Page – Science and Children, 2016
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. Formative assessment probes are designed to uncover students' ideas about objects, events, and processes in the natural world. This assessment information is then used throughout instruction to move students toward an understanding of the scientific ideas behind the probes. During the…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Scientific Principles, Educational Assessment, Scientific Concepts
Amy Kamarainen; Shari Metcalf; Tina Grotzer; Craig Brimhall; Chris Dede – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2016
We describe a mobile augmented reality (AR) experience called Atom Tracker designed to help middle school students better understand the cycling of matter in ecosystems with a focus on the concept of conservation of matter and the processes of photosynthesis and respiration. Location-based AR allows students to locate virtual "hotspots,"…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Conservation (Concept), Scientific Concepts
Johnson, Michele; Dodson, Tiare – Science Teacher, 2016
Carbon is at the heart of many of today's environmental challenges. It is the central element responsible for the structure and function of living systems--taken up by plants through photosynthesis and moving from plants to other organisms, soil, and the ocean and into the atmosphere. The imbalance of these connected biogeochemical…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Scientific Concepts
Presser, Ashley Lewis; Kamdar, Danae; Vidiksis, Regan; Goldstein, Marion; Dominguez, Ximena; Orr, Jillian – Science and Children, 2017
Many preschool classrooms explore plant growth. However, because many plants take a long time to grow, it is often hard to facilitate engagement in some practices (i.e., since change is typically not observable from one day to another, children often forget their prior predictions or cannot recall what plants looked like days or weeks earlier).…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Preschool Children, Prediction, Science Experiments