EnvLit - Working Groups - Biodiversity & Evolution

Environmental Literacy

Michigan State University

- Carbon Cycle
- Water Cycle
- Biodiversity&Evolution
- - Teaching Materials
- > 12-13 Version
- -Full Version
- -Middle School Version
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- - Assessments
- - Research Reports
- - PD materials
- Citizenship
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Biodiversity and Evolution

Teaching Experimental Materials

Each year, we revised teaching materials based on the teachers' feedback and our research findings.

To view and download these teaching materials, you can click the following links:

a. 2012-2013 Biodiversity Teaching Experiment
b. 2011-12 Biodiversity Teaching Experiment
c. 2010-11 Biodiversity Teaching Experiment

If you have any suggestions or comments, please email us: envlit@msu.edu.

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