UPTON ACADEMY 2005

SCI 570 Life Science For Elementary Educators

GENERAL

• Dr. David Rudge, Biological Sciences and The Mallinson Institute for Science Education
• The syllabus, and directions for the micro-teaching, lesson plan, and action research assignments.

• A downloadable version of the MI State Curriculum Framework for K-12 classes; the State of Michigan Science Education Guidebook that provides suggestions on how to implement the Michigan Curriculum Framework, an online version of the Project 2061: Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy and Science Education Resources from the Michigan Department of Education, which includes includes information on the Michigan Curriculum Framework, released items from the MEAP, and additional resources.
• A link to MI Climb.
• A link to the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) web site; the most current MTTC Study Guides for subject-area tests will be available at NO CHARGE for viewing and downloading beginning in mid-September 2003.

• A general introduction to misconceptions research.
• A comprehensive site on misconceptions research, including strategies to address misconceptions. Here's another more general site.
• A bibliography of articles written on misconceptions in biology. Here's another.
• A general website devoted to research on how people learn.
• Here's a site devoted to instructional strategies to address misconceptions. Here's another more general site devoted to alternative strategies for teaching and assessment.
• Here's a more general site devoted to science related misconceptions students have.

• Wisconsin Fast Plants and Cabbage White Butterfly web sites
• A link to the Fast Plants Web Site, which includes information on the biology of Brassicas rapa and how it is used to help students learn science in grades K through college.
• A overview of the life cycles of Brassica rapa and Pieris rapae, rearing instructions and suggestions for classroom use.
• Here's another called Bottle Biology that provides photographs of the results of several of the experiments we are doing.
• A website devoted to how to create lesson plans in accordance with national standards for science literacy using the Cabbage White butterfly.
• Other ideas for experiments

• A brief introduction on how to do concept mapping. Here's a site that gives multiple examples of concept maps in the context of biology.

• Discover Life, an educational website devoted to the diversity of life, with multiple identification guides for all major groups.
• A dichotomous key for the identification of common trees in MI; here's another specific to the needs of MI teachers, which includes a dichotomous key for trees associated with the Upper Peninsula.

• Cell Biology
• An excellent overview of work on the origin of life.
• A brief review of the history of the discovery of the structure of DNA.
• An on line tutorial devoted to cell biology.
• An excellent introductory source of information the basic structures of the cell.
• A more detailed schematic diagram of an animal cell with links to micrographs of the various parts.
• The Virtual Cell.
• Cell biology problem sets and tutorials
• A short but detailed introduction to the theory of endosymbiosis.

• Histology
• Annotated examples of histology slides of tissues associated with the cardiovascular system:

  • Blood
  • A blood smear that illustrates the difference between red (erythrocyte) and white (leucocyte) blood cells. A smear of frog blood.
  • An example of bone marrow that includes an example of a megakaryocyte and platelets.

  • Blood vessels
  • A capillary.
  • A cross section of a an elastic artery.
  • A cross section of a a muscular artery.
  • A comparison of an elastic and a muscular artery.
  • A cross section of a vein that illustrates the presence of valves.
  • A comparison of an artery and a vein.
  • Another comparison of an artery and a vein.
  • A comparison of an artery, a vein, and a nerve.

  • Heart
  • An example of cardiac muscle. Compare this with smooth and skeletal muscle.
  • A cross section of cardiac muscle.
  • An example of Purkinje fibers.
  • An example of the AV node.
  • An example of the SA node.

  • Lymphatic System
  • A thoracic duct.
  • Cross section of a lymph node.

  • A more sophisticated online tour of the histology of the cardiovacular system.

• A web site that provides a comprehensive guide to histology slides representing the major tissue types of each of the major organ systems of the body

• Anatomy
• An overview of the heart and cirulatory system.
• Here's another site that gives an on line exploration of the cardiovascular system.
• An online sheep heart dissection (Scroll down to Section 6), with photographs of all the major structures of the sheep heart.
• A 3.5 minute Quicktime movie that reviews the basic anatomy of the sheep heart.
• Another site with a nice set of pictures of the dissection that shows what's what when you click
• A brief history of research on the cardiovascular system
• A great site for information on cardiovascular system fitness, health and disease.
• An excellent introductory source of information on all the major organ systems of the body (links 25-36).
• A more comprehensive set of links to information on each of the major organ systems of the body

• A general introduction to the worlds biomes.
• An online mystery pellet dissection.
• An overview of the ecology of barnacles.
• A virtual field trip to an intertidal zone.
• More information on intertidal communities.

EVOLUTION

• A comprehensive set of links to internet resources on evolution, including science education related topics such as national standards for what children and adults should know about evolution.
• Eric Digest Report: Teaching Evolution in School Science Classes
• The Michigan Scientific Evolution Education Initiative, a comprehensive site of web-based resources associated with evolution and the teaching of evolution.
• Supplemental material for science teachers in the "Teaching Evolution and the Nature of Science" Frontiers in Science Workshop (14-15 Nov 2002).
• A web site with links to web resources on evolution and the teaching of evolution. Here's another.
• A website that lists on a state by state basis legal challenges to the teaching of evolution; and the website of an organization devoted to defending it.
• The old and new versions of BugHunt! a freeware program that can be used to teach natural selection.
• A link to the PBS Evolution series website, with information on how to order videotapes of the program and resources for teachers.
• Understanding Evolution, an evolution web site for teachers of evolution.

• Agenda for our eleventh class

• Agenda for our twefth class

You may contact Dave Rudge either by email, by phone (616)-387-2779 or by fax (616)-387-5609.

Dave Rudge's Home Page.

The Department of Biological Sciences's Home Page.

The Mallinson Institute for Science Education's Home Page.

Western Michigan University's Home Page.

Last updated on 15 Nov 2005.