Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 1 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 2 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 2 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
Source
American Biology Teacher | 4 |
Author
Cwikla, Julie | 1 |
Iri, Funda Gül | 1 |
Isaias, Rosy Mary dos Santos | 1 |
Jorge, Nina de Castro | 1 |
Lasalle, Mark | 1 |
Oliveira, Luan Tadeu de Castro | 1 |
Pimenta, Thaiane Salgado | 1 |
Rop, Charles J. | 1 |
Wilner, Sybil | 1 |
Çil, Emine | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 4 |
Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Grade 6 | 4 |
Middle Schools | 3 |
Elementary Education | 2 |
Intermediate Grades | 2 |
Grade 10 | 1 |
Grade 11 | 1 |
Grade 12 | 1 |
Grade 5 | 1 |
Grade 7 | 1 |
Grade 8 | 1 |
Grade 9 | 1 |
More ▼ |
Audience
Teachers | 1 |
Location
Brazil | 1 |
Mississippi | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Jorge, Nina de Castro; Pimenta, Thaiane Salgado; Oliveira, Luan Tadeu de Castro; Isaias, Rosy Mary dos Santos – American Biology Teacher, 2023
The worldwide scientific community has been promoting science communication from colleges and universities to schools, and different tools for communicating scientific discoveries have been created. Among this variety of tools, our choice fell on a storybook. The book, entitled "The Curious Case of Ants That Live in Galls," is directed…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Science Instruction, Scientific Methodology, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Iri, Funda Gül; Çil, Emine – American Biology Teacher, 2020
We designed and implemented two instructional approaches to plant education, with the intention of supporting positive attitudes toward plants among sixth-grade students (11-13 years old). In one instructional approach, students prepared a book about plants that have interesting characteristics. In the other approach, students visited a botanical…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Gardening, Positive Attitudes, Student Interests
Cwikla, Julie; Lasalle, Mark; Wilner, Sybil – American Biology Teacher, 2009
Project WetKids (www.projectwetkids.net) provides wetland, environmental, estuary, and watershed experiences with local scientists, engineers, and naturalists to Pascagoula, Mississippi students and their families. Extensive activities provide participants: (1) real world, locally relevant science-based events; (2) meaningful scientific…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Relevance (Education), Hands on Science, Environmental Education
Rop, Charles J. – American Biology Teacher, 2008
Biology teachers know how important it is for them and for their students to engage first-hand with nature. Ideally, bringing students to fields, woodlands, and wetlands to observe, explore, and wonder is the best way to stimulate curiosity and practice scientific inquiry. However, for many reasons, field excursions are not always practical or…
Descriptors: Entomology, Scientific Concepts, Biology, Science Activities