Big Trees
Elementary Biology and the Tree of Life
You teach elementary school biology and therefore you know about the five kingdoms of life: prokaryotes, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. But, can you explain the difference between “bacteria” with a lower-case “b” and “Bacteria” with an upper-case “B”?What about the differences and similaries between Bacteria and Archaea? Where do Monera come into the picture? And, does this have anything to do with Protists?
If this seems potentially confusing to your students, consider a new biology text created specifically to better deal with the complexities and wonders of biological organization and classification, Kingdoms of Life Connected. Written by Priscilla Spears, PhD, this book is an excellent teacher’s resource when the confusing and difficult details of the subject of the interconnectedness of life are what you are trying to convey to your students.
This highly acclaimed new book presents the order and organization of life in a new perspective and in an entertaining manner so that your students will open their books with excitement instead of with sighs and groans. The structure of the book is designed to keep the teacher always a step ahead of even the brightest student.
Once you get past spirochetes, cyanobacteria, hyperthermophiles and methanogens, with all their variety and amazing abilities, your students will relish jumping into even more interesting questions. For example, what is the significance of bacteria and its interaction with beans, linen, chocolate, or copper? The book offers a variety of hands-on activities and experiments to reinforce the lessons learned.
By the time you leave the prokaryotes and move into the protists, your students will be eager to learn about the exciting first eukaryotes. This is an intriguing group that is completely unlike the animals and plants. Some can be viewed with the naked eye, while others are excellent subjects for microscopic examination. By the time you guide your students through the story of protists in Kingdoms of Life Connected, you may have produced converts to serious study of biology even before you get to plants and animals.
Kirk Douglas – The Big Trees
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