| Title | Beowulf and the Bog |
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| Audience | Grades: 9-12. Biology and English Literature |
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| Abstract | A transdisciplinary unit that incorporates the ancient English literature poem, Beowulf, with community ecology and the concepts of primary hydrarch succession. Students in a literature class study the literary aspects of Beowulf while students in biology study succession and ecology. The two classes are joined for a trip to a wetland system known as a bog which was the probable setting for the Old English poem. This unit was developed in conjunction with a English Literature instructor named Richard J. McNally. |
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| Author | Pamela Duncan |
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| Email | AEPDuncan |
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| Unifying Concept | Systems, order and organization |
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| Science and Technology | Abilities of technological design |
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| Science as Inquiry | Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry |
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| History and Nature of Science | Nature of scientific knowledge |
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| Science in Personal and Social Perspectives | |
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| Life, Physical, Earth Sciences | Behavior of organisms, Populations and ecosystems |
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| Other Standards | |
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