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Manuals Fast Plants® manuals feature a series of complete classroom activities for all grade levels Manuals Include:
Available Manuals:
*The investigations and ideas from each of these manuals can be adapted to scale up or down to meet elementary - college classrooms. The levels indicted are only mentioned as a starting reference. Spiraling Through Life with Fast Plants® Over 25 explorations in:
Order this manual from Carolina Biological Supply Company Exploring with Wisconsin Fast Plants®
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 288 pages. $19.95 Order this manual from Carolina Biological Supply Company Bottle Biology Grades 2 and up. Developed by the Wisconsin Fast Plants® program, this innovative book is a perfect companion to Exploring with Wisconsin Fast Plants®. Bottle Biology is full of ways to use plastic soda bottles and other recyclable materials to teach about science and the environment. The projects promote science as a tool everyone can use to explore the world. Use Wisconsin Fast Plants® materials or other living organisms to model a rainforest, create a spider habitat, explore an ecosystem, or learn about composting. Each chapter contains background information, activities, and teaching tips. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 127 pages. Order this manual from Carolina Biological Supply Company
Using Fast Plants® & Bottle Biology in the Classroom This publication is a valuable aid for teachers integrating agriculture education into the high school biology program. There are 12 activity-based lessons that use Bottle Biology and Wisconsin Fast Plants® to investigate a variety of topics, including gravitropism, water quality, microbial fermentation, acid rain, salinization, and nitrogen leaching. Background information, student instructions, questions and data sheets, as well as guidance on preparation, activity time and materials required are provided for each lesson. These instructional materials were developed by the National Council for Agricultural Education and published by National Association of Biology Teachers, NABT. Availabe from NABT: www.nabt.org Wisconsin Fast Plants® Manual This complete manual contains background information, taxonomy of Brassicas, growing instructions, and procedures for Wisconsin Fast Plants® exercises and activities. Although not all activities may be suited for lower grade levels, many can be adapted for younger students by simplifying the instructions and leaving out the more sophisticated portions of some exercises. Wisconsin Fast Plants 185 pages. Investigating Growth and Development. Exercises on germination, seedling development, and tropism Investigating Plant Physiology. Exercises on plant responses to a growth hormone and to various amounts of fertilizer
Order this manual from Carolina Biological Supply Company STC (Science and Technology for Children) Curriculum Unit
Science and Technology for Children (STC) is a complete science program for children in grades 1-6. Filled with innovative hands-on activities designed to motivate your young students, it is the result of a joint effort by some of the leaders in the fields of education and science. The National Science Resources Center (NSRC), operated by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Academy of Sciences to improve the teaching of science in the nation's schools, began developing STC in 1988; the curriculum was completed in 1997. The NSRC evaluated each STC unit's effectiveness with children by nationally field-testing it in diverse urban, rural, and suburban public schools. The assessments in each unit were evaluated by the Program Evaluation and Research Group of Lesley College, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Each unit also reflects the incorporation of teacher and student field-test feedback and of comments on accuracy and soundness from nationally known scientists and science educators who serve on the STC Advisory Panel. This thorough research and development process ensures all STC units are scientifically accurate and pedagogically appropriate for children. For more information on STC materials: http://www.carolina.com/stc.htm Order this manual from Carolina Biological Supply Company
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Teach
inquiry-based sciences with the new Fast Plants® manual. Meet the high-school
science standards using the Spiral of Life activities and "Inquiry Launch
Pads."
Exploring
is a newly revised and expanded elementary/ middle school teacher resource
manual. This fully indexed version includes new activities, a new section entitled "Variation,
Heredity and Evolution," and another new section on lighting and environmental
requirements. "Concept" statements have been added to the beginning
of four sections: these statements are meant to assist teachers in aligning
Fast Plants® with the AAAS Benchmarks and the National Research Council's Science
Standards. This teacher resource manual emphasizes an open-ended, process science
approach. Originally targeted to lower grade levels, it is widely used as a
source of ideas by high school and college educators and for in-service training.
Exploring contains all information for growing Wisconsin Fast Plants® seed as
well as ideas for explorations of the entire life cycle, physiology, and ecology.