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How Can We Measure Elephant Populations?

In this activity, students use an interactive tool to simulate how scientists collected and used sample data to estimate elephant population sizes.

Ecology
Environmental Science
Science Practices
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Modeling Disease Spread

This interactive module can be used to model infectious disease spread in a population. It includes background on the SIR model and two simulators for modeling disease spread on different scales. 

Microbiology
Science Practices
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Energy Flow through Ecosystems

This Click & Learn traces the flow of energy from the Sun all the way to cells within organisms. The embedded questions and calculations guide students’ understanding of how energy is distributed through a variety of ecosystems.

Ecology
Science Practices
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB

Data Explorer

This web tool provides a quick and easy way of visualizing and analyzing data without advanced technological requirements.

Science Practices
Tools
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Exploring Biomass Pyramids

This interactive module allows students to collect and analyze data from a virtual river to construct biomass and energy pyramids.

Ecology
Science Practices
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Exploring Trophic Cascades

This interactive module explores examples of how changes in one species can affect species at other trophic levels and ultimately the entire ecosystem.

Anatomy & Physiology
Ecology
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Virus Explorer

This interactive module explores the diversity of viruses based on structure, genome type, host range, transmission mechanism, replication cycles, and vaccine availability.

Microbiology
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Lizard Evolution Virtual Lab

This interactive, modular lab explores the evolution of the anole lizards in the Caribbean through data collection and analysis.

Anatomy & Physiology
Evolution
Science Practices
Virtual Labs
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Stickleback Evolution Virtual Lab

This interactive, modular lab explores how stickleback fish and fossil specimens are used to study evolutionary processes, with an emphasis on data collection and analysis.

Evolution
Science Practices
Virtual Labs
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Stopping Mosquito-Borne Disease

This tutorial introduces students to vector-borne disease with a focus on dengue fever, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. Students also learn about strategies designed to stop the spread of disease by interfering with the mosquito life cycle.

Microbiology
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College