Natural History and Ecology
of Homo Sapiens

I. From Molecules to Organisms

Organic Molecules: Cooperative Learning - Role Playing Activity: Alan Hoffmann
DNA Extraction: Mary Davidson
Turkeys in the Cell -- The Meiosis Square Dance: Donald Cronkite
E. coli and Their Human Environment: Arthur Broga
Surface Tension Grabbers: Philip Nelson
Enzyme Grabbers: Randyll Warehime
Enzyme Labs Using Jello: Anne McDonald and Michael O'Hare
An Enzyme - Substrate Model: Alan Hoffmann
Demonstration of Cheese-Making Enzyme Magic: Charlotte Freeman
Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Respiration: Carole MacMullan
Testing for Bio-Nonsense in Students: Warren Marchioni
Anatomy and Physiology "Quickies": Michael O'Hare and Anne McDonald
Demonstration of the Relationship between Food and Energy: Carole MacMullan
Digestive System Analogies: A Group Activity: Michael O'Hare
The Effect of Math Anxiety on Cardiovascular Homeostasis: Cheryl Callahan
What Does Your "Homunculus" Look Like?: Alice Kagi, Judith Kemlitz, Warren Marchioni, and Patricia Seybert
Physiology Activity: Perception and Behavior: Charlotte St. Romain
Investigation of Personal Physiological Rhythm: Warren Marchioni
The Opposable Thumb: Beth-Ann Shepley
Analyzing the Risk of Living: Charles Waters

II. Populations

III. Communities and Ecosystems

Ecology of the Dump: Judith Brown and Randyll Warehime
Down the Drain: Charlotte Freeman
Waste Management: Frances Vandervoort, Philip Nelson, and Carolyn Hayes
Dusty Air: Judith Brown
Water Taste Test: Warren Marchioni
Are You Being Poisoned by Your Dishes?: Barbara Mannion
Subsurface Contamination of Groudwater: Jane Maczuzak
A Study of Your Domestic Water Supply: Janis Lariviere and Sara DeMott
Trophic Ecology of Humans: Carolyn Hayes, Barbara Fendley, and Peggy Walker
How Much Land Does It Take To Produce Your Food?: Janis Lariviere, Barbara Mannion, O. Truman Holtzclaw, Randyll Warehime, and Arthur Broga
Food Type = Calories/Square Meter: O. Truman Holtzclaw
Using A Winogradsky Column to Analyze Microbial Communities: Frances Vandervoort
Down, Dung and Dirty: Barbara Fendley and Carolyn Hayes
Wilderness Survival: A Field Practicum: Mike Trimble
Biomes in a Box: Anne McDonald
City Animals: Frances Vandervoort
Green Space in the City: Frances Vandervoort
Lotic Environment Lesson Plans: Rick Rule and Beth-Ann Shepley
Establishing a Baseline Ecology of a Creek Ecosystem: Barbara Mannion
Biome Exchange - Send the "Stuff" Not The Kids: Howard Waterman
Calculating and Comparing Plant Diversity Indices: Robert Perry
Pollen Analysis: Charles Waters
Energy Flow in the Antarctic: Ann Stocker

IV. Biosphere

Earth: The Apple of our Eye: Charlotte Freeman
Making The Geologic Time Scale Real: Alan Hoffmann
Gaia: The Wisdom of the Earth: Frances Vandervoort
Building an Ecologically Balanced Living Space: Barbara Mannion
Saving Energy Through Ecological Landscape Design: Donald Jacobson
Tropical Rainforest Grabbers: Frances Vandervoort
Teaching about the Rainforest - Classroom Ideas: Warren Marchioni, Frances Vandervoort, Frank Hinerman, Ann Stocker, and Judith Kemlitz
Amazon Rain Forest: A Word Splash: Britt Hammond and Judith Kemlitz
Rainforests of Madagascar: Role Playing and Decision Making: Judith Kemlitz, Michael O'Hare, and Dorothy Reardon
Media and the Green Revolution: Paul Germscheid and Linda Dubis
Celebrating Earth Day With Students: Alan Hoffmann and Katherine Leathem
"Seafest" -- A Celebration of Earth Day: Ann Stocker
Investigating the Biosphere with Planetary Models: Gregory Hansen
The Consequences of Extinction: Edward Murray

V. Et Alia

Introduction to Measurement: Sara DeMott, Sherry Tipps, and Ruth Radomski
Hypothesis Testing: Chi-Square: Charles Waters
Reliable vs. Unreliable Sources of Information: Patricia Seybert
The Field Sit: Sara DeMott
What Is The Concept?: Patricia Seybert
Charles Darwin's Hardware Shop: Frances Vandervoort
"Getting to Know All About You": Howard Waterman
Creature of the Week: Thomas Haren
Raising an Animal: Randyll Warehime
The Right to Die - A Role Playing Activity: Barbara Fendley and Janis Lariviere
Teaching Controversial Science Issues Through Law Related Education: C. Ford Morishita
Critical Thinking: Lornie Bullerwell
Paradise Found!: Steven Straitiff
Cricket Dissection: Charlotte St. Romain
Black Death - A Biological Perspective: Thomas Haren
Careers in Science: Marianne Anderson
Signal Transmission in the Nervous System: (author unknown)

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