Plant Collections Online: Using Digital Herbaria in Biology Teaching

Autor/in	Flannery, Maura C.
Titel	Plant Collections Online: Using Digital Herbaria in Biology Teaching
Quelle	In: Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 39 (2013) 1, S.3-9 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1539-2422
Schlagwörter	Plants (Botany); Science Instruction; Educational Technology; Web Sites; Databases; Biology; Teaching Methods; Access to Information + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflanze; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Web-Design; Datenbank; Biologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Herbaria are collections of preserved plants specimens, some of which date back to the 16th century. They are essential to botanical research, especially in systematics. They can also be important historical documents. The collections of Lewis and Clark, Carolus Linnaeus, and Charles Darwin, to name a few, are primary sources for the study of these individuals' work. Now many of these herbarium specimens are being scanned and the images are freely available on the Web. This article deals with how these online collections may be used in teaching about biology and its history. It will highlight the JSTOR Plant Science project which is making available electronically about two million plant specimens, many historically significant, as well as the entire runs of important plant journals. In addition, it will discuss other valuable online resources including how links to social media can bring the history of botany to 21st-century students. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association of College and Biology Educators. Web site: http://acube.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10