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Authentic Research Investigations of a Controversial Question: Can Plants Learn?
- Source :
- American Biology Teacher (University of California Press); Apr2021, Vol. 83 Issue 4, p222-228, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Can plants learn? This question stirs up controversy and speculation in the classroom, as it is currently doing in the scientific community at large. We leverage the controversy to ask students to contribute tu the greater body of knowledge by using scient(fic principles in creative research projects. Ninth-grade honors biology students became familiar with original research and the surrounding controversy, and performed experiments testing two distinct forms Of plant learning in Pisum sativum (pea) and Mimosa pudica (sensitive plant). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00027685
- Volume :
- 83
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Biology Teacher (University of California Press)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150160911
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2021.83.4.222