The Lichen-GIS Project, Teaching Students How to Use Bioindicator Species to Assess Environmental Quality

A content-driven biology course for preservice, K-8 teachers has been developed. This course uses the constructivist approach, where instructors engage students by organizing information around concept-based problems. To this end a semester-long inquiry-based project was introduced where students st...

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Main Authors: Stephen Wagner, Darrel McDonald, Trey Watson, Josephine Taylor, Alan B. Sowards
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2009-12-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Online Access:http://jmbesubmissions.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/article/view/94