Mike Tveten

Biology Stories

50 Stories for Teaching and Learning Biology

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Produktbeschreibung

Biology Stories: 50 Stories for Teaching and Learning Biology is a great resource for all biology teachers, putting stories in teachers' hands that can be used in class immediately. Tying these memorable stories to the content being taught will keep students engaged and ensure they never forget the concepts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 293g
• ISBN-13: 9781475856934
• ISBN-10: 1475856938
• Artikelnr.: 59081277

Autorenporträt

By Mike Tveten

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I. Scientific Method
Chapter 1. How Three Girls from Ireland Changed the World
Section II. Chemistry
Chapter 2. The Danbury Shakes
Chapter 3. The Radium Girls
Section III. Organic and Biochemistry
Chapter 4. High Fructose Corn Syrup Ruined Their Economies
Chapter 5. A Hike Across the Grand Canyon
Chapter 6. The Life and Death of Lyle Alzado
Chapter 7. Mummies and Bog Bodies
Section IV. Cells
Chapter 8. Evidence of Life in a Martian Meteorite?
Chapter 9. Lynn Margulis and the Endosymbiotic Theory
Section V. Membrane Transport
Chapter 10. Genesis Burkett
Chapter 11. Hold Your Wee For a Wii
Section VI. Enzymes
Chapter 12. The Return of Stonewashed Jeans
Chapter 13. The Death of Korey Stringer
Chapter 14. A Drink at the Pub Made Them Sick
Chapter 15. Beth's Story
Section VII. Cellular Respiration
Chapter 16. The End of Halloween as We Knew It
Chapter 17. The Story of Johnny Appleseed
Section VIII. Photosynthesis
Chapter 18. Fall Colors Are Priceless
Chapter 19. The Magic of Maple Syrup
Section IX. Mitosis, Meiosis, Chromosomes, and Cancer
Chapter 20. Choosing the Sex of Your Child
Chapter 21. Genghis Khan's Descendants
Chapter 22. George Washington's Chromosomes
Chapter 23. Sigmund Freud's Cancer
Section X. Genetics
Chapter 24. A Parent's Weekend Surprise
Chapter 25. Nancy Wexler and Huntington's Disease
Chapter 26. Treyvon's Pain
Chapter 27. Charlie Chaplin's Blood Type
Chapter 28. Are They Really Twins?
Chapter 29. Alexei's Hemophilia
Section XI. DNA and Protein Synthesis
Chapter 30. Sometimes There is Genius in Simplicity
Chapter 31. Rosalind Franklin
Section XII. Biotechnology
Chapter 32. The Story of Dolly
Chapter 33. The First Conviction Based on DNA Fingerprinting
Chapter 34. The Telltale Palo Verde Seed Pods
Chapter 35. Kary Mullis and the Discovery of PCR
Chapter 36. Jesse Gelsinger's Fight for Life
Section XIII. Disease and Immunity
Chapter 37. Antibiotic Resistant Tuberculosis on an Airplane
Chapter 38. The H1N1 Flu Strikes Again
Chapter 39. The Last Death From Smallpox
Section XIV. Evolution
Chapter 40. Neil Shubin and the Discovery of Tiktaalik
Chapter 41. When Did Humans Start Wearing Clothes?
Chapter 42. Why the Deer Has No Gall and the Pronghorn Has No Dewclaws
Section XV. Ecosystem Ecology
Chapter 43. The First Mammal Extinction Due to Climate Change
Chapter 44. Henry Ford's New Car
Chapter 45. Thomas Midgley's Legacy
Section XVI. Community Ecology
Chapter 46. The Birds of Shakespeare
Chapter 47. Egret Plume Hats
Chapter 48. The Return of the American Bison
Section XVII. Population Ecology
Chapter 49. The Lessons of Easter Island and Tikopia
Chapter 50. Colin Beavan, the No Impact Man
About the Author