Review for:The Secret Life of Plants

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posted: on May 4, 2008 at 12:30PM

My rating of this resource: ***

My experience using this resource:
Botany

Topic I was teaching:
Botany

My learning goal for which this resource was used:
To help students understand the evolution of plants as they learn about the increasingly complex structures that plants came to exhibit.

Course Level:
A.P., Honors or Advanced, Intro or Regular

How I/my students used the resource:
Addition to regular class materials

Value Added:
Provides visualization or animation, Increases student engagement and motivation

Strengths:
presents plants in a weird way-it's actually called a psychobotany video. This can sometimes be a hook for some students.

Weaknesses:
video quality is not the best

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