Garden genetics [[electronic resource] ] : teaching with edible plants / / Elizabeth Rice, Marianne Krasny, and Margaret Smith

• Autore: Rice Elizabeth
• Pubblicazione: Arlington, Va., : NSTA Press, 2006
• Edizione: Teacher ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 581.3/5 22
• Soggetto topico: Plant genetics - Study and teaching; Genetics - Study and teaching
• Altri autori: KrasnyMarianne E SmithMargaret E. <1956->
• Note generali: Teacher edition also includes the full student (text) edition.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- It Skips A Generation -- Bitterness and Non-Bitterness -- Survival Strategies -- Domestication -- Risks of Improvement -- Genetic Engineering -- Sweet Genes in Corn -- Centers of Diversity -- Quantitive Traits -- It Skips A Generation -- Bitterness and Non-Bitterness in Cucumbers -- Survival Strategies -- Domestication -- Risks of Improvement -- Genetic Engineering -- Sweet Genes in Corn -- Centers of Diversity -- Quantitative Traits.
• Sommario/riassunto: Tired of teaching genetic concepts with the same old pink petunias and Mendel's peas? With Garden Genetics, you can present core content in ways that are fun for students and fresh for you. This two-part set-a teacher edition and companion student edition-uses a series of activities and inquiry-based experiments with familiar foods to teach genetics while helping students make connections to ecology, evolution, plant biology, and even social science.
• Titolo autorizzato: Garden genetics
• ISBN: 1-933531-97-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810161103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II