...Karina C. White; Melanie Manion; Timothy M. Evans Access to authentic research is limited at the 7–12 science education level. At the same time, many local restoration projects would benefit from, but don’t have access to a long-term system of monitoring. This project seeks to unite those two needs...

... for teaching about grass morphology, the economic value of grasses, and the C 4 photosynthetic pathway. This article details a teaching module that uses S. viridis to engage entire classrooms of students in authentic research through a laboratory investigation of grass morphology, growth cycle, and genetics...

... for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2017 authentic research heart development chicken embryo developmental biology laboratory physiology laboratory...

...Nancy L. Elwess; Sandra M. Latourelle; Michael Murphy Attempting to foster mastery learning for students in the biological sciences, we incorporated an authentic research-based activity that contained real-world applications. To do this, we redesigned a laboratory component of a junior level...

...Christine M. Goedhart; Jacqueline S. McLaughlin This article features an authentic research-lab experience developed for use in a freshman-level general biology course for nonmajors at a two-year college. Students work in groups to select and investigate factors affecting microalgal cell growth...

...Jacqueline S. McLaughlin; Melissa S. Coyle This article features a four-step pedagogical framework that can be used to transform the undergraduate biology laboratory into an authentic research experience. The framework utilizes a four-step scaffolding structure that not only guides students through...

...ERIC BROOKS; ERIN DOLAN; FRANS TAX A partnership between scientists, high school teachers, and their students provides authentic research experiences to help students understand the nature and processes of science. The Partnership for Research and Education in Plants (PREP) engages students...