Series Title: Wonderwise: Women in Science
Learn how to count pollen grains in the air we breathe, then hunt for fossil pollen in ancient bone beds.
Pollen detective and researcher Margaret (Peg) Bolick, Ph.D., helps scientists understand the important roles pollen plays in our lives, including the way it pesters us with allergies. Uncover the mysteries of heredity, reproduction, and the life cycles of living things. Find out how fossils store information about ancient environments.
Your students will develop an understanding of:
●Structure and function in living things.
●Reproduction and heredity.
●Collecting, interpreting, and displaying data.
●The characteristics of living things and their life cycles.
●Fossils as data about ancient environments.
Each Wonderwise: Women in Science kit includes a DVD or VHS, CD-ROM and Activity guide. The CD-ROM sound track and text are available in both English and Spanish.
Rights granted with purchase include: a) life of media audiovisual use, b) public performance, c) campus or building closed circuit and digital/video-on-demand transmission. The episodes may also be licensed for broadcast or cablecast. Contact slenzen@shopdei.com for details.
Each site purchasing a Wonderwise kit may make additional copies of the CD-ROM without charge for use at the site or to be given to students. Organizations requiring multiple rights should contact slenzen@shopdei.com for pricing.
Click here for Guide Look on page 4 for a list of materials required to complete the activities.
Click here for Peg Bolick biography which is also on the CD-ROM. Look on page 4 for a list of materials required to complete the activities.
Click here for list of vendors of the materials listed on page 4 of the activity guide.
Click here for National Standards
Ideal for grades 4 - 6
Duration: 15 -20 minute episode
Closed-Captioned
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