Educator Voices

Hear how experienced science educators are using BioInteractive resources with their students. Discover implementation ideas, lesson sequences, resource modifications, quick tips, and more in this collection of videos and in-depth articles. Browse, search, and filter by format, teaching topic, level, and science topic to find resources relevant to specific courses and student populations.

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Part of a phylogenetic tree with many branches. Some branches are black, and others are orange.

Simplifying Case Studies Using Data Points

Data Points are useful resources that use figures from the primary literature and guided sets of supporting questions. In this article, professor Phil Gibson discusses how he uses modified version of our Data Point activities as simplified case studies.

reenactment of Bob Paine throwing a starfish near a tidal pool

Teaching Ecology and Animal Behavior in an Online Setting

Video activities can be easily translated into dynamic online learning activities. In this Educator Voices article, Melissa Haswell details a two-week series of video activities for an ecology and animal behavior unit that she's used in both in-person and online classes.

A concept map for an ecology course, with a square that says ‘evolution and natural selection’ in the center, and five squares connected around the exterior reading: Deep time and mass extinctions; genetics; population ecology; community ecology; and ecosystem ecology.

Using BioInteractive Resources Across A Semester Ecology Course

If you're interested in using BioInteractive resources to structure an entire course, check out this article from Northwestern Connecticut Community College professor Tara Jo Holmberg in which outlines how she sequences her ecology course using BioInteractive resources.