Science Teaching Series

Internet Resources

I. Developing Scientific Literacy

II. Developing Scientific Reasoning

III. Developing Scientific Understanding

IV. Developing Scientific Problem Solving

V. Developing Scientific Research Skills

VI. Resources for Teaching Science

Organizational Hierarchy - Biology

Level of Organization

Example set 1

Analogy

Analogy Example

fundamental particles

book

biology book

subatomic particles

desk

3rd desk

atoms

row

5th row

micromolecules

room

second room

macromolecules

hall

east hall

molecular assemblies

wing

north wing

organelles

floor

3rd floor

cells

building

science building

tissues

campus

CSUN

organs

community

Northridge

organ systems

city

Los Angeles

organisms

county

L.A.  County

populations

state

California

communities

country

USA

ecosystems

continent

North America

biomes

hemisphere

W. Hemisphere

biosphere

planet

Earth

maple leaf
earth
biomes
shenandoah
community
forest
maple
parenchyma
plant cell
chloroplast
membrane
protein
amino acid
carbon
subatomic
particles