WHAT'S NEW AT BIG PICTURE SCIENCE
Plant Lessons -- Introducing Children to Plant Form and Function, Part I
Revised May 2010. What’s new with this edition of Plant Lessons? Note that the book has been split into two sections. Part 1 covers the whole plant; roots, stems, and leaves. There are new lessons on leaf shapes, leaf margins, the leaf apex, the leaf base, and describing leaves in the field. There’s a new lesson on plant adaptations as well. Add to that over a hundred color photos, along with updated book and Internet resource lists, and you have a great approach to botany. You’ll be all ready to help cure plant blindness – the inability to see the beauty and diversity of plants and their forms and structures. For more information about this new e-Book visit our Learning Materials page.
Outline of Geologic Time and the History of Life
Do you have the current (geologic) time? Has your Clock of Eras become a "Clock of Errors?" Does your timeline of life tell an accurate story? Get the new Outline of Gelogic Time and the History of Life for updated information. Visit our Learning Materials page for a complete description.Botany Lessons Downloads to Support the Teacher and Enliven Lessons
We’ve discontinued the Botany Lessons CD and now offer four electronic downloads in its place. They are pdf files (instantly downloadable e-books) of PowerPoint presentations, and they can be used for teacher education as well as classroom presentations. The slides are fully illustrated with color photos and they may be printed for use in your classroom. Each presentation has additional notes for the teacher.
The Amaryllis: An Example for Botany Studies
The Amaryllis: An example for botany studies – This is a booklet for the elementary child and an example of information that can be given in botany studies. You can help your children observe and understand the developmental stages of a flower with this booklet. For more information about this new e-Book visit our Learning Materials page.
The Plant Kingdom
The Plant Kingdom – The many illustrations are useful in the elementary classroom, and this can be used for secondary students and elementary teacher background as well. It covers all the major branches of the plant kingdom and has the orders of conifers, which are hard to find. For more information about this new e-Book visit our Learning Materials page.
Flowering Plant Families
Flowering Plant Families – This shows 20 families of angiosperms and covers all major groups. The terminology and order has been revised to match the 2009 classification standard set by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. For more information about this new e-Book visit our Learning Materials page.
Plant Form and Function
Plant Form and Function – This illustrates the six major parts of plants and covers the whole plant as well. It has many slides that will enhance plant lessons. For more information about this new e-Book visit our Learning Materials page.
New Book on the Diversity of Life
Kingdoms of Life Connected: A Teacher’s Guide to the Tree of Life (2nd Printing - 2009) 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.