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Teaching Tools

The Plant Cell launches “Teaching Tools in Plant Biology”

“Teaching Tools” is a monthly, electronic feature of The Plant Cell offering regularly updated sets of teaching materials on important themes in plant biology. They are designed with an audience of upper-level undergraduates in mind, but subsets of slides can be incorporated into lectures designed for introductory biology courses, public lectures, or even graduate-level courses.

Teaching Tools are peer reviewed by leaders in the field and updated as new developments arise.

Tools are “off-the-shelf” modules but are easily customizable by the instructor.

Upcoming Teaching Tools topics include:

Why Study Plants? (October 2009)
Leaf Development 1 (November 2009)
Leaf Development 2 (December 2009)
Epigenetics (January 2010)
The Small RNA World (February 2010)

This resource is being developed by Mary Williams, Ph.D., who recently joined The Plant Cell after a fourteen-year career as professor of biology at Harvey Mudd College, a top undergraduate college of science and engineering. Mary has had a longstanding commitment to developing educational materials to promote student engagement in plant biology.

The first six Tools are free to anyone with access to the Internet at www.plantcell.org/teachingtools.

Starting in April 2010, Teaching Tools will be available only via subscription.

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