WHAT'S NEW AT BIG PICTURE SCIENCE
New Book on the Diversity of Life
Kingdoms of Life Connected: A Teacher’s Guide to the Tree of Life is a 198-page book that helps teachers present the Tree-of-Life view of life’s diversity to elementary and middle school students. The content includes “Coming of the Kingdoms” lessons and learning activities for all kingdoms plus the viruses. There are listings of book resources and Internet sites for each kingdom. This book includes black and white photo cards for charts that show the Tree of Life. The charts themselves are described in the book, and the files for printing them are available for download below. Email Priscilla to learn more about the book, or for information about buying the book today visit our Learning Materials page.
The Tree of Life Chart
The Tree of Life Chart accompanying Kingdoms of Life Connected: A Teacher’s Guide to the Tree of Life is available for free download. Visit our Learning Materials page for instructions.
New Book On the Family Tree of the Flowering Plants
A Tour of the Flowering Plants Based on the Classification System of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group is an excellent research reference for the elementary and middle school classroom. Focusing on the flowering plants of North America, with hundreds of gorgeous photographs illustrating the families, orders, and major branches of the flowering plants. Printed on high quality, glossy paper. Includes an excellent index, bibliography and glossary and CD-ROM of the book. A must-have addition to every teacher's reference materials, and a beautiful book sure to attract the attention of students. Email Priscilla for more information about the book. Visit our Learning Materials page to order the book directly from us, or buy it from Amazon at this link: A Tour of the Flowering Plants Based on the Classification System of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
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Priscilla Spears, Ph.D. owns Big Picture Science and writes its materials. She has experience as a research scientist in microbiology and immunology. She has been a Montessori parent for 10 years and taught science lessons at lower and upper elementary levels, as well as assisting with elementary teacher training.
Priscilla is now available to give botany and other science workshops for teachers. Contact Priscilla for more information.
Priscilla is a consultant for In-Print for Children and has helped with the creation of a number of elementary science materials. See http://www.in-printforchildren.com/ for more information.