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Promoting Student Inquiry Using Zea mays (Corn) Cultivars for Hypothesis-Driven Experimentation in a Majors Introductory Biology Course

Amy C. Blair, Brenda J. Peters, Conrad W. Bendixen
Journal: The American Biology Teacher
The American Biology Teacher (2014) 76 (5): 333–336.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2014.76.5.7
Published: 01 May 2014
...Amy C. Blair; Brenda J. Peters; Conrad W. Bendixen The AAAS Vision and Change report (2011) recommends incorporating student research experiences into the biology curriculum at the undergraduate level. This article describes, in detail, how Zea mays (corn) cultivars were used as a model...
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The Use of Corn versus Sugarcane to Produce Ethanol Fuel: A Fermentation Experiment for Environmental Studies

Valerie S. Banschbach, Robert Letovsky
Journal: The American Biology Teacher
The American Biology Teacher (2010) 72 (1): 31–36.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2010.72.1.8
Published: 01 January 2010
...Valerie S. Banschbach; Robert Letovsky This article provides both an experiment and a framework for discussion that students can use to compare the efficiency of producing ethanol by using corn versus sugarcane as a raw material. 3 e-mail: vbanschbach@smcvt.edu . 4 e-mail: rletovsky...
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