Priscilla Spears

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, Outline of Geologic Time and the History of Life (2019) 7 years, 3 months ago

This 44-page e-Book (PDF format) gives you the information to tell the story of the coming of life and to update your timeline of life and the “Clock of Eons.” It is based on the current timescales from the United […]

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, Biology Updates for Teacher Educators 2018 AMS Power Point 9 years, 2 months ago

This is the PowerPoint from Priscilla’s 2017 presentation at the national conference of the American Montessori Society. It gives suggestions for updating botany impressionistic charts, classification charts, and […]

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, From the Chordates to Mammals: Exploring the Tree of Life 9 years, 7 months ago

This learning material is a series of phylogenies (evolutionary branching diagrams) that shows the extant lineages of the chordates, bony vertebrates, and mammals. The diagrams are printable on letter-size paper. […]

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, Kingdoms of Life Connected: A Teacher's Guide to the Tree of Life. Second edition 9 years, 7 months ago

This resource for teachers has lessons for introducing children to the Tree of Life and its major branches. The second edition (2016) introduces the eukaryotic supergroups: Archaeplastida, SAR (stramenopiles, […]

Priscilla Spears replied 2 years, 3 months ago

I revised this book and updated it in 2022. The third edition is available on my website, http://www.bigpicturescience.biz or from Montessori Services. The cover of the new edition has a red-orange border rather than a purple one. I recommend getting the third edition, which is available as a printed book or a pdf (ebook) version.
https://big-picture-science.myshopify.com/collections/biology/products/kingdoms-of-life-connected-third-edition is the current link.

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, Nesting and branching diagrams for the bony vertebrates 11 years, 4 months ago

This learning exercise is designed to help children and adults understand evolutionary tree diagrams. It leads to the concept of relatedness being determined by most recent common ancestor. The material is a […]

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, Kingdoms of Life Connected: A Teacher's Guide to the Tree of Life 11 years, 4 months ago

THIS EDITION IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. PLEASE SEE THE SECOND EDITION. This book helps teachers move beyond kingdoms classification and tell the story of the Tree of Life. It has introductory lessons that tell about […]

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, Evolving Animals: The Story of Our Kingdom 11 years, 4 months ago

This exploration of evolution is written for the adult general reader, and the author is a talented communicator. It begins with a good cosmic perspective, in a chapter called “Before there were animals,” that […]

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, Outline of Geologic Time and the History of Life – 2014 11 years, 4 months ago

This is a print-it-yourself file for 34-page booklet that describes the geologic time periods and their events. It uses the timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy, 2013 edition. The information […]

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, The Horse and the Iron Ball: A Journey through Time, Space, and Technology 11 years, 5 months ago

A creative and engaging paring of art and science, this book tells an inspiring story of stellar nucleosynthesis, the origin of the horse and all life. It takes readers back the Big Bang, when the Universe […]

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, Your Atomic Self: The Invisible Elements That Connect You to Everything Else in the Universe 11 years, 6 months ago

Self described as an atomic field guide to yourself, this book describes the flow of atoms through our bodies and tells about the origin of those atoms. History of the discovery of the kinds of atoms and their […]

Terri MacKenzie replied 11 years, 6 months ago

Many thanks for this fine suggestion! I just ordered it, thanks to Christmas gift money and your recommendation.

Priscilla Spears wrote a new post, The Turtle and the Universe 11 years, 7 months ago

This little book, in its own words, is about asking big questions like “How did we get here?” and “Where are we going?” Those questions are addressed through the life of a sea turtle. The book explores the origin […]

Jennifer Morgan replied 11 years, 7 months ago

This looks like a really neat book Priscilla. Thanks for adding to Resources!

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