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SESSION 1: What Is the Nature of Science? |
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Resources for Session 1 |
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Resources marked with an * are designed to help you teach this topic in your classroom. |
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Teacher's Guide |
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Unit 1: What Is the Nature of Science?* (pdf) |
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Lessons for Students |
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Lesson 1: What Is the Nature of Science?* |
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Videos for Students |
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Isn't Evolution Just a Theory?* |
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Video Segments |
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Ancient Farmers of the Amazon |
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Observing Chemical Reactions |
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TV Series |
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External Web Links |
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Visual Learning Using Inspiration
http://www.inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm
Information on building and using concept maps. |
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Mindjet Visual Thinking
http://www.mindjet.com/
Information on building and using concept maps. |
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IMHC Concept Mapping Software
http://cmap.coginst.uwf.edu/
Free software for concept mapping for non-commercial use. |
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Microsoft Visio
http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio/
Information on building and using concept maps |
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Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/evolution98/
Online version of very useful NAP publication. Refer to/use Activity 1: Introducing Inquiry and the Nature of Science. |
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Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes
http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb
The ENSI Web site includes many great lesson ideas on the nature of science and evolution. |
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Fungus-growing Ants Use Antibiotic-producing Bacteria To Control Garden Parasites
http://www.botany.utoronto.ca/H-paper_2/index.htm
To learn more about Cameron Currie's research on leaf cutter ants, download and print the pdf of his article from Nature. |
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Books |
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AAAS, Benchmarks for Science Literacy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. |
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Aicken, Frederick. The Nature of Science. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books, Inc., 1991. |
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Darwin, Charles. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1958. |
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Darwin, Charles. Voyage of the Beagle. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc., 1839 (reprint 1989). |
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Gardner, Martin. Science: Good, Bad, Bogus. Prometheus Books, 1990. |
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Hyerle, David. Visual Tools for Constructing Knowledge. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1996. |
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Johnson, Cathy. The Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. 1997. |
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Mayr, Ernst. The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. |
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Moore, John. Science As A Way of Knowing: The Foundations of Modern Biology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993. |
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National Academy of Sciences. Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1998. |
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National Research Council. Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000. |
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National Research Council. National Science Education Standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996. |
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Walker-Leslie, Clare and Roth, Charles. Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You. Storey Communications, Inc., 2000. |
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White, Michael and Gribbin. John. Darwin: A Life in Science. New York: Penguin Books USA, 1997. |
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Videos |
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Creatures in Crime, 1995. (Available from Amazon.com and Carolina Biological) |
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Galileo: The Challenge of Reason. (Available from Phoenix Learning Group, 1-314-569-0211) |
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