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Title: Exploring with Wisconsin Fast Plants
| Grade Level: | K - 2, 3 - 5, 6 - 8 |
| Other Uses: | teacher
background information |
| Type: | Teacher's guide, hands-on materials, lab manual |
| Authors: | Williams, P., Green, R., and Williams, C. |
| Publisher: | Kendall/Hunt |
| Year of pub.: | 1989 (newer ed. is available) |
| Price: | $19.95 |
Description: This teacher's guide is part of the extensively developed Wisconsin Fast Plants curriculum. Fast Plants are small Brassicas that are easy to grow and have a short life cycle. The guide includes background material, detailed instruction for growing the plants, and many experiments and activities on all aspects of plant growth and development, including life cycle, germination, morphology, pollination, nutrition, and breeding. Students can learn how to design and conduct controlled investigative experiments. For more information, visit the Fast Plants web site at http://fastplants.cals.wisc.edu.
Strengths: Instructions are easy to follow and accompanied by helpful diagrams. The activities are well developed and include extensive teacher support. Many ideas for interdisciplinary activities are provided. Most materials are easy to obtain. A number of related curricular materials are also available, including separate lab manuals for the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
Weaknesses: The guide contains only a few genetics activities, but other parts of the Fast Plants curriculum may contain more. Seeds must be ordered. Growing lights for the plants must be purchased and set up. More assessment ideas could be provided.
Keywords: Inheritance, plant, sexual reproduction
Genetics concepts addressed: 1, 4, 8
(view genetics concepts)
Other subjects addressed: Reading, Writing, Botany
| ISBN#: | 0787215783 |
| Ordering Information: |
University of Wisconsin,
Department of Pathology, 1630 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706. Order kits and seeds from Carolina Biological. |
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last updated 6/08/00