... that best facilitated our learning. [email protected] [email protected] © 2023 by National Association of Biology Teachers 2023 undergraduate research student perspective remote research research mentor recommendations curriculum [email protected] We found that the most...

... into undergraduate biology programs and provide specific examples of curriculum efforts to improve undergraduates’ skills in this area. We review the literature about the importance of communicating scientific concepts to the public and previous efforts to integrate communication into biology curricula. Next, we...

... is no longer changing, indicating they have reached maximum size. Winter snow phenology inquiry curriculum data collection The winter-spring seasonal transition opens with snowmelt and concludes when the leaves of trees, plants, and shrubs reach their maximum size and fill out their canopies...

..., religious, or ethical concerns related to conducting specific science experiments. This commentary discusses how three key types of VR hardware (VR viewers, desktop VR systems, and head-mounted displays) can be incorporated into science standards, curriculum, and instruction by delineating the pros and cons...

... without sufficient scaffolding and structure. Further, curricula for student-centered laboratory activities are lacking for several biological disciplines, including plant biology and botany. In this article, I describe a semester-long structured-inquiry research curriculum developed for a plant biology...

.../journals/reprints-permissions . 2020 National Association of Biology Teachers arthropod captive breeding crustacean curriculum Porcellio scaber science education terrestrial isopod Terrestrial isopods (often referred to as sow bugs or pill bugs) are small, land-dwelling crustaceans...

...Lynda Jones; Diana Gordon; Mary Zelinski Students tend to be very interested in medical issues that affect them and their friends and family. Using cancer as a hook, the ART of Reproductive Medicine: Oncofertility curriculum (free, online, and NIH sponsored) has been developed to supplement...

... and Eve and species really didn't evolve … but now, after [instruction] I was like, “Okay, maybe to some extent we did evolve.” evolution religion perceived conflict curriculum attitudes Evolution is considered a core concept of biology and has been recommended to be taught at every...

... the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2018 amblypygid anthropocene mass extinction arachnid arthropod captive breeding curriculum Damon diadema Heterophrynus batesii science education sixth mass extinction...

.../journals.php?p=reprints . 2017 evolution attitudes religion acceptance of evolution curriculum Evolution is a core concept of biology ( AAAS, 2011 ; Brownell et al., 2014 ) and should be a foundational component of any introductory biology class. However, there is variation in what...

... Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2016 Vision and Change curriculum undergraduate biology instruction active learning These past few years, the “Vision and Change” (V&C) movement has spread throughout biology education. The basic tenets...

... counterpart to our human genome. With new information about the human microbiome comes the challenge of shifting biology students’ focus from casting microbes as pathogens toward appreciating microbes as symbionts. “The Human Microbiome,” a curriculum supplement produced by the Genetic Science Learning Center...

... content at the University of California Press’s Rights and Permissions Web site at http://www.ucpressjournals.com/reprintinfo.asp . 2014 Ecology human impact curriculum science standards The field test took place over two academic years. All the teachers in the study completed...

... Web site at http://www.ucpressjournals.com/reprintinfo.asp . 2014 Biology curriculum genetics genomics quantitative analysis textbook To assess how frequently “classic” genetic diseases or traits (single-gene or chromosome disorders) were discussed in relation to multifactorial...

... introduces students to environmental influences on our genes and the complexities of gene expression. A supplemental curriculum module developed by the Genetic Science Learning Center (GSLC) at the University of Utah brings epigenetics to high school and undergraduate classrooms through a range of online...

... simple multicellularity using single-celled yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ). By simply selecting for faster settling through liquid media, yeast evolve to form snowflake-shaped multicelled clusters that continue to evolve as multicellular individuals. We present core experimental and curriculum tools...

... standard for natural selection and evolution. Finally, there is a discussion of the implications of the new standards for biology programs in general and curriculum, instruction, and assessment in particular. © 2012 by National Association of Biology Teachers. All rights reserved. Request permission...

...Jessica Goldstein; Dan F. B. Flynn Analytical and quantitative thinking skills are core components of science but can be challenging to teach in introductory biology courses. To address this issue, modest curriculum modifications, including methods of hypothesis testing, data collection...