If you are a Life Sciences teacher who would like to use video in support of your efforts but need something that furthers your progress in meeting your State Science Content Standards, this DVD is for you.
"Hummingbirds! A Natural History" consists of a DVD that contains a content-rich, visually arresting, intellectually mature, 30-min. video; and two in-depth, thoroughly researched and academically-reviewed teachers' guides as PDFs on the disc.
The biological extremes that hummingbirds represent make them models for studies in evolution and co-evolution, competitive advantage, adaptability, gene expression, cardiovascular and neural systems, and many other Life Sciences topics -- including comparison to the human embodiment of these processes, sytems and the like.
Intent: To provide truly unique curriculum materials that give instructors an array of choices regarding how best to use them as aids in fostering students' long-term learning about the Life Sciences while being supportive of progress in meeting states' Science Content Standards.
Here is what your students will gain from this DVD at the high school AP and college levels: Goal: Students will gain an appreciation for the specialized nature of the Hummingbird Family -- and how their specializations favor their survival.
The teachers' guides -- one for use in grades 9-12, the other for grades 9-12 AP and college -- provide the video's script and vastly augment its content. They also show specifically supported Life Sciences education standards for seven states, as well as those set forth by the National Committee on Science Education Standards and Assessment.