Asking scientific questions is a foundational skill that takes instructional support for students to develop. In this article, Bernice Brythorne outlines how she uses BioInteractive resources to get her students to formulate and refine scientific questions.
Why can some people digest milk and others can’t? In this article from professor John Moore, see how he uses this anchoring phenomenon to engage students in class and laboratory.
If you're interested in modifying our activities for your Multilingual Learners, this article by Rhode Island educator Diana Siliezar-Shields discusses how she scaffolds our resources about metabolic regulation with her students.
In this article, see a learning sequence where students explore symbiotic relationships and cell communication in bacteria (quorum sensing) by connecting their prior knowledge regarding ocean ecosystems to their understanding of symbiotic relationships.
In this Click & Learn, students explore mathematical models that describe how populations change over time and apply these models to the invasive lionfish population in the Bahamas. They also use data from other species to learn how density-dependent factors limit population size.
The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted the importance of having a scientifically literate public. In this article, Pennsylvania educator Bob Cooper unpacks how to utilize BioInteractive's suite of infectious disease resources to teach students scientific literacy.
The added information provided at pause points within the animation Coral Bleaching allows for a richer exploration of coral reefs, symbiosis, and other topics in biology.
This article by professor Melissa Haswell sequences a four-week evolution module that minimizes lecture while teaching students to think like scientists.