EnvLit - Working Groups

Environmental Literacy

Michigan State University

Biodiversity & Evolution

Professional Development Materials (2012-13)

This page contains materials used for professional development in association with teaching units and assessments on biodiversity. Materials used at four different Long Term Ecological Research Sites are available, though some may be used across sites.

Teacher Assessments
Ecology and Evolution in the Human microbiome (download)

Development of these materials was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation: Targeted Partnership: Culturally relevant ecology, learning progressions and environmental literacy (NSF-0832173). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

News & Latest Papers

Dauer, J. M., Doherty, J. H., Freed, A. L., Anderson, C.W. Connections between student explanations and arguments from evidence about plant growth. Submitted to CBE: Life Sciences Education. (download Paper)

Parker, J., de los Santos, E., and Anderson, C.W. (2013). What learning progressions on carbon-transforming processes tell us about how students learn to use the laws of conservation of matter and energy. Educacion Quimica, 24(4), 399-406. (download Paper)

Dauer, J., Miller, H., & Anderson, C.W. (in press). Conservation of energy: An analytical tool for student accounts of carbon-transforming processes. In R. Chen, A. Eisenkraft, D. Fortus, J. Krajcik, K. Neumann & A. Scheff (Eds.), Teaching and Learning of Energy in K-12 Education. New York: Springer. (download Paper)

Dauer, J., Miller, H., Anderson, C.W. (2013) An inquiry learning progression for carbon-transforming processes. (download PPT, Paper)

Working Groups


Carbon	Biodiversity
Cycle	&Evolution


Water	Citizenship
Cycle

Research Partners

the BEAR Center

Long Term Ecological Research Math-science Partnership (LTER)

the KBS K-12 Partnership

GK-12 Project