Scientific
Illustrations
In
this lesson, students read from their book in a section called the
"Skill Handbook" which covers a variety of scientific
skills that are needed for our year's work in Life Science.
In
reading from pages 779-780 (Interpreting Scientific Illustrations)
they discovered such concepts as:
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Anterior
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Posterior
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Ventral
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Dorsal
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Bilateral
Symmetry
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Radial
Symmetry
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Asymmetrical
After
reading this section they were asked to create their own scientific
illustration of an object that shows a longitudinal and cross
section view. All parts of their diagrams were to be labeled
as well. These illustrations will become part of their portfolios
and a selected few will be published on the class web site.
We
seem to have chosen a theme of fruit for this exercise. A pear was
used as an example in our book so many students followed this lead.
Take a look at some the submitted illustrations:
