Download PDF Unit Front MatterPlants is one of the six Carbon TIME units. If you are new to teaching Carbon TIME, read the Carbon TIME FAQ: Which Units Should I Teach.
The Plants Unit supports students in using core disciplinary ideas, science practices, and cross-cutting concepts to develop scientific explanations of how different plants transform matter and energy as they grow, move, and function.
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Lead Editor for 2019 Version
Kirsten D. Edwards, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Principal Authors
Kirsten D. Edwards, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Christie Morrison Thomas, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Elizabeth Tompkins, Michigan State University
Hannah K. Miller, Northern Vermont University
Christa Haverly, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Charles W. “Andy” Anderson, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Contributing Authors
Beth Covitt, Jenny Dauer, Jennifer H. Doherty, Allison Freed, Wendy Johnson, Deborah Jordan, Craig Kohn, Lindsey Mohan, Joyce Parker, Emily Scott, Carly Seeterlin, Alex Walus, Nicholas Verbanic, Pingping Zhao
Illustrations
Craig Douglas, Kendra Mojica
This research is supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation: A Learning Progression-based System for Promoting Understanding of Carbon-transforming Processes (DRL 1020187) and Sustaining Responsive and Rigorous Teaching Based on Carbon TIME (NSF 1440988). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the United States Department of Energy.
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