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03/16/10

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The Science of Teaching and Learning: Teachers' Participation in Research Programs Improves Their Students' Achievement in Science
This article explains how a summer research program for teachers enhanced teachers' skills in communicating science to students, students' achievement scores, and teacher job satisfaction. The full article is available at Science 16 October 2009 (payment may be required).

Teaching Tips for Higher Education
This is a series of general teaching tips, published in the ASPB News, for university or college instructors submitted by John Cushman (University of Nevada), member of the ASPB Education Committee. These simple ideas can help create a motivating classroom atmosphere for your students. Not only will this enhance your teaching and improve their learning, but it just may inspire a few of your students to think, "Hey, this plant science class is pretty cool...I could see myself majoring in this!"

Teaching Tips for Higher Education - Nov/Dec 2008
Teaching Tips for Higher Education - Jan/Feb 2009
Teaching Tips for Higher Education - May/June 2009

Genomics Digital Lab (GDL) Project
This first place winner in the NSF 2008 Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge offers a series of curriculum-aligned and integrated games, modules, and interactive simulations covering an array of topics in biology. GDL is a continually expanding interactive on-line environment where users experience the world of biology through discovery-based learning. GDL was created in conjunction with ASPB member and GAP winner David Salt's Genomics eXplorer, an interactive walk-through plant cell.

Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World is a recently-released report from the National Academies about how professional societies can come together to speak in one voice to promote the essential and cutting edge contributions of the agricultural sciences.

A Contest for Plant Biology Videos on YouTube
This open competition is for the best new plant biology videos published on YouTube. Created by ASPB Grant Award Program winner Dan Cosgrove, the contest aims (a) to encourage budding film makers and other creative individuals to produce informative and entertaining plant biology videos, (b) to increase the availability and range of short videos for use by educators, (c) to increase exposure of the public, particularly younger members of society, to plant biology, and (d) to establish a simple webpage with links to recommended videos.

Interested in going green with sustainable energy? Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) offers inquiry-based K-16 classroom activities on bioenergy and resources for teacher support and professional development. Get your students started learning the lingo with “Bioenergy 101: Common Vocabulary”. PDF Available

Working With Teachers Guidelines
This page provides excellent guidelines for college-level faculty interested in becoming more involved in science education at the K-12 level.

First Time Teaching Plant Phys?
Carol Reiss provides a general guideline for college-level instructors teaching a Plant Physiology Lab the first time.

AAAS Guide to Teaching Evolution
Guidelines, questions and answers, etc. gathered by AAAS as a guide to teaching evolution in the classroom.

ASPB Diversity Bank
The ASPB Diversity Bank was initiated to promote diversity in plant biology. The ASPB Diversity Bank is an online database of Summer Research Projects and Research Seminars. Projects in Plant Biology are available to Underrepresented Faculty and Undergraduate Students seeking them. Seminars on plant biology research by visiting ASPB scientists are available to minority serving institutions. ASPB members are encouraged to contribute project opportunities and seminar topics. Especially encouraged to apply are faculty and undergrad students who are either underrepresented in Plant Biology or located at minority serving institutions.

Lab: Gravitropism
Gravitropism (sometimes called geotropism in older texts) is a key regulatory process in plants to insure that roots grow down and shoots grow up in developing seedlings. This is a complete lab on the subject.

Lab: Stomata & Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis occurs in two stages. The first is the photochemical capture of light energy and its temporary storage in high energy chemical bonds. (The chlorophyll experiment exposed students to this first step in photosynthesis.) The second stage _ the one of primary focus of discussion in this experiment _ uses the energy temporarily stored in the high energy bonds of ATP and NADPH to accumulate organic compounds in the plant. This is a complete lab on the subject.

Labs: Measuring Physiological Processes in Plants and Animals
Laboratory exercises developed for a multi-section introductory biology course as well as for an advanced plant physiology course.

Plants, Genes and Crop Biotechnology, second edition
Maarten J. Chrispeels & David E. Sadava
ASPB's Education Foundation has teamed up with Jones and Bartlett for the second edition of Plants, Genes and Crop Biotechnology. This textbook is about plants, genes, food, and agriculture, and the changing relationships among them.

Federal Programs
A listing of plant science federal funding information and announcements.

Faculty Resource Links
A compiled list of external links that have been submitted and gathered for faculty.