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Book Review| November 17 2020 Targeted Trade Books: Botany Rose. By Catherine Horwood. 2018. Reaktion Books. (ISBN: 9781780230132). 240 pp. Hardcover, $19.61. Richard Lord Richard Lord Retired Biology Teacher, Presque Isle High School, Presque Isle, ME 04769, rnlord@aol.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Department Editor: Amanda L. Glaze-Crampes Amanda L. Glaze-Crampes Department Editor AMANDA L. GLAZE-CRAMPES is an Assistant Professor of Middle Grades & Secondary Science Education at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. In addition to science teacher education, she has taught courses in biological sciences for grades 7–12 and undergraduate students over the last 14 years. Her interests include evolutionary biology, science and religion, and the intersections of science and society – specifically where scientific understandings are deemed controversial by the public. She holds degrees in science education from the University of Alabama and Jacksonville State University. Her address is Middle Grades & Secondary Education, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8134, Statesboro, GA 30458; e-mail: aglaze@georgiasouthern.edu. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2020) 82 (8): 569–570. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2020.82.8.569 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Richard Lord; Targeted Trade Books: Botany. The American Biology Teacher 17 November 2020; 82 (8): 569–570. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2020.82.8.569 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search We are all familiar with Gertrude Stein’s “a rose is a rose is a rose.” One of the most popular flowers, roses appear in a rainbow of colors, although there has never been a true blue rose. Roses have been described as “an index of civilization.” Author Catherine Horwood follows the history of roses over many centuries in multiple areas of the world, using interesting stories not usually found in other books. It is not known how long roses have been sharing their beauty and scents around the world, but fossils of primitive roses dating back 25–30 million years support the conclusion that they have been longtime inhabitants. In the early years of the first millennium, Arabs grew roses to produce rose water that was used for cooking, ritual cleansing before prayer, and building purification. In those times, the rose was important in Islam, but condemned or rejected in Judaism... You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| September 01 2020 Botany Carnivorous Plants. By Dan Torre. 2019. Reaktion Books. (ISBN 9781789140521). 240 pp. Hardcover, $20.53. Richard Lord Richard Lord Retired Biology Teacher, Presque Isle High School, Presque Isle, ME 04769, rnlord@aol.com. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2020) 82 (7): 506–507. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2020.82.7.506 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Richard Lord; Botany. The American Biology Teacher 1 September 2020; 82 (7): 506–507. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2020.82.7.506 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Carnivorous plants are not the gorgeous flowers typically seen in magazines and calendars or on Facebook, but they certainly have a kind of attractive beauty that roses, orchids, and lilies can't match. For many people, the idea of meat-eating plants doesn't fit with the usual concept of plants making their own food, and historically this idea was even difficult for scientists. This book includes a detailed story of carnivorous plants, including their evolution, growth patterns, ways of obtaining nourishment, and comparisons to non-carnivorous plants. There are over 700 species of carnivorous plants – plants with leaves that attract and consume insects and other small invertebrates. They are found throughout the Earth in numerous habitats, especially those that lack the kinds of nutrients that can be supplied by animals. Most plants absorb nutrients from the soil, many of which originate from decayed animals and their excrement, but only plants that actually... You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| January 01 2020 Genetics The Gene: From Genetics to Postgenomics. By Hans-Jörg Rheinberger and Staffan Müller-Wille. 2017. University of Chicago Press. (ISBN: 9780226510002). 176 pp. Softcover, $25.00. Richard Lord Richard Lord Retired Biology Teacher, Presque Isle High School, Presque Isle, ME 04769 e-mail: rnlord@aol.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2020) 82 (1): 58–59. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2020.82.1.58b Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Richard Lord; Genetics. The American Biology Teacher 1 January 2020; 82 (1): 58–59. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2020.82.1.58b Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search When you ask laypeople to describe a gene and its function, you will likely get a variety of responses. They have heard of genes and may be aware that they are found in cells and involved in the passage of traits from parents to offspring. They might even say a gene has DNA that carries such traits as skin and eye color, height, diseases, and a person's sex. And some may have ideas that genes carry baseball ability, spelling skills, or even a person's nationality. But the structure and processes of genes are not known to many. This book can help get the message across with its detailed analysis of the concept and nature of the gene through much of the past two centuries. The authors compare the work, and the frequently opposing viewpoints, of numerous scientists who sought to understand and solve the mystery of inheritance in living organisms.... You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| September 01 2019 Entomology Bugged – The Insects Who Rule the World and the People Obsessed with Them. By David MacNeal. 2017. St. Martin's Press. (ISBN: 9781250095503). Hardcover, $36.99. Richard Lord Richard Lord 1Retired Biology Teacher Presque Isle High School Presque Isle, ME 04769 rnlord@aol.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2019) 81 (7): 524–525. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2019.81.7.524a Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Richard Lord; Entomology. The American Biology Teacher 1 September 2019; 81 (7): 524–525. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2019.81.7.524a Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Our ecological world is shaped by insects. With 1.4 billion of them for every human being, these six-legged arthropods are more numerous than all other animals on Earth. David MacNeal refers to his book as a “hand-carved cabinet of curiosity,” a most appropriate label. Beginning with the activities of “insect morticians” in the Entomology Department of Lower Manhattan's “Evolution Store,” he takes us on a fantastic voyage of adventures focusing on the importance and impact of insects. Reaching back in time, we learn that early Asians believed that fireflies developed from decaying grass, that ancient Greek children played with cicadas as toys, and that Cro-Magnons created images of insects on animal bones. From entertaining to astonishing, there seems to be no end to what can be learned from this captivating volume. Consider the following 18 examples, out of hundreds portrayed in the book: (1) Enjoy the humor of the person... You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2017 Animals Sheep. By Philip Armstrong, 2016. Reaktion Books. (ISBN: 9781780235936). Paperback. $19.95. Richard Lord Richard Lord retired 1Presque Isle High School Presque Isle, ME 04769 rnlord@aol.com Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The American Biology Teacher (2017) 79 (3): 248. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2017.79.3.248 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Richard Lord; Animals. The American Biology Teacher 1 March 2017; 79 (3): 248. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2017.79.3.248 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search Sheep and goats have been important to humans for 11,000 years, longer than any species except dogs. They provide food, fiber, milk products, and even their skin was used in Europe to produce parchment for documents before paper-making was introduced. Long considered unintelligent—as when people are sometimes described as behaving “like a flock of sheep”—they are actually capable of learning to respond to commands. Sheep are a part of the traditions, literature, art, and mythology of numerous world cultures, some going back thousands of years. Sheep first appeared near the end of the Pleistocene Era, and four wild and one domestic sheep species survive today. Though referred to as five species, they are all capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring, implying that there is only one. Considerable scientific research has attempted to sort out the speciation, but much conflicting information supports Charles Darwin's conclusion that the question of sheep... You do not currently have access to this content.

Federal law ensures all students with disabilities the right to a Free, Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). However, current policies governing a student’s eligibility for services may contribute to the underidentification of gifted children with co-existing disabilities—the Twice-Exceptional. The emphasis on below-grade-level (or lower) performance, without regard to ability or potential weaknesses, misses twice-exceptional students. Those who perform at grade level, by using advanced conceptual abilities and hard work to compensate, may still require interventions and accommodations to manage increasing educational demands. Otherwise, college and even high school graduation may be out of reach. This article reviews changing laws and policies, explores case studies of twice-exceptional students missed, and examines the diagnosis of twice-exceptionality through comprehensive assessment. Appropriate best practices for the identification of twice-exceptional learners, maintenance of their civil rights, and provision of FAPE are offered for educators, parents, advocates, and legislators as federal, state, and district laws/policies evolve.

What happens when a public school initiates a girls-only math class? What are the reasons for trying this kind of schedule, and what have the classes achieved? For whom does this approach work? Is it fair?