Phylogenetic Approach to Teaching Plant Diversity

This guided inquiry module provides an approach to teaching major groups of terrestrial plants and the methods used to construct and analyze phylogenies.

Associated files	Gibson and Cooper PlantED Phylogenetic Approach to Teaching Plant Diversity.pdf Plant_DNA_rbcL_2014.fasta Gibson and Cooper Mesquite Student Guide .pdf Plant_DNA_atpB_2014.fasta Mesquite Instructors Guide .pdf
Format	pdf
Primary or BEN resource type	Laboratory exercise
Secondary resource type	Lecture/Lecture outline Lesson plan
General Biology Core Concepts	Vision & Change (for higher education) -- Evolution Next Generation Science Standards (for K-12) -- Evolution -- Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
Discipline Specific Core Concepts	Evolution Core Concepts -- Phylogenetic Relationship
General Biology Competencies	Vision & Change (for higher education) -- Apply the process of Science Next Generation Science Standards (for K-12) -- Analyzing and interpreting data Next Generation Science Standards (for K-12) -- Engaging in argument from evidence
Life science discipline (subject)	Biodiversity Botany & Plant Science Phylogeny Systematics Taxonomy & Classification
Keywords	Tree-thinking, Phylogeny, Plant Diversity, Evolution, Cladistics
Key taxa	Plants
Audience	Grades 9 - 12 Undergraduate lower division 13-14 Undergraduate upper division 15-16
Intended End User Role	Teacher
Language	English
Educational Language	English
Pedagogical Use Category	Teach
Pedagogical Use Description	Educators can use this resource as an opportunity for students to collect structural data that can be used to construct phylogenies, combine structural and molecular data to construct phylogenies, gain experience in phylogeny construction, and provide a meaningful framework to learn the characteristics of major terrestrial plant groups.
Uniqueness	Is there really a scale for uniqueness?
Aggregation Level	1
Structure	atomic
Full Name of Primary Author	J. Phil Gibson
Primary Author Controlled Name	J. Phil Gibson
Primary Author Affiliation	Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology Department of Biology University of Oklahoma
Primary Author email	jpgibson@ou.edu
Secondary Author Name(s)	Joshua T. Cooper
Secondary Author Affiliation(s)	Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology University of Oklahoma
Secondary Author Email(s)	jtcooper@ou.edu
Added By Id	JPhilGIbson
Submitter Name	Phil Gibson
Submitter Email	jpgibson@ou.edu
Rights	J. Phil Gibson holds rights to this work.
License	Author holds Copyright
Publisher	PlantEd Digital Library
Review type	Peer review
Drought and Water Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editors Choice	No
Resource Status	Available: Revised
Date Of Record Submission	2014-07-27
I Agree to EcoEdDL's Copyright Policy & Terms of Use	No
Date Of Record Release	2014-09-15 16:42:57
Last Modified By Id	JPhilGIbson
Date Last Modified	2017-01-09 11:27:39
Release Flag	Published

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