Web Sites

A non-major's class in botany offered through the University of Maryland.
http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/BSCI124/main.html

A "plants and people" course at the University of Illinois
http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/102/

An online survey of the plant kingdom from Manhattan College.
http://web1.manhattan.edu/fcardill/plants/intro/

An introductory course on the plant kingdom from the University of the West Indies.
http://scitec.uwichill.edu.bb/bcs/bl14apl/bl14apl.htm

A short reminder that community colleges are an integral part of higher education.
http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101/comcol.htm

A thought-provoking caveat on the "rush" to distance learning, especially in those institutions, such as community colleges, with a primarily teaching focus.
http://members.home.net/mshapiro2/comments-4-7-00.htm

C-FERN Project
http://cfern.bio.utk.edu/

Print Materials

AM Cohen, FB Brawer, The American Community College, 3rd ed. Jossey-Bass, 1996. A readable overview of, and the history behind, the various goals of the community college system.

RM Gagné, LJ Briggs, WW Wager, Principles of Instructional Design, 4th ed. Wadsworth, 1992. An updated classic about different learning styles and how to address them.

P Sacks, Generation X Goes to College, Open Court (Carus Publishing), 1996.
At times a tirade, but otherwise an engaging presentation of current college students and suggestions on how to teach in an information (but not knowledge)-filled world.

GF Edick, CN McDaniel, Doing Biology; an Introduction to the Experimental Process, 5th ed., 1998. Lab Manual for BIOL-1020, Introduction to Biology Laboratory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. - A one-semester introductory biology laboratory that consists of plant experimentation.

Hickok, L. G. and T. R. Warne. 1998. C-Fern Manual. Carolina Biological Supply Company, Burlington, NC.

Hickok, L. G., T. R. Warne, S. L. Baxter and C. T. Melear. 1998. Sex and the C-Fern: Not just another life cycle. BioScience 48:1031-1037.

Melear, C., J. D. Goodlaxson, T. R. Warne, L. G. Hickok. 2000. Teaching preservice science teachers how to do science: Responses to the research experience. J. Science Teacher Education 11: 1-14.

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