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This activity uses sickle cell trait (SCT) testing in college athletes as a real-world phenomenon to guide student inquiry about genetics, phenotypes, and how environmental factors can affect trait expression.

This video tells the story of how Xenopus laevis, a frog species studied by biologists around the world, was once used as a pregnancy test.

If you're interested in using our Sickle Cell Disease storyline with your students, this article by educator Kathy van Hoeck provides an overview of the storyline for educators and reflects on how using storylines can help increase student engagement. 

This video case study explores a collaboration between scientists in the US and Mexico studying migratory bird populations.

In this activity, students use online simulators to examine solar energy, atmospheric gases, and the mechanisms behind the greenhouse effect.

In this activity, students use an online simulator to explore how greenhouse gases and albedo impact Earth’s energy budget and temperature.

This activity explores the concepts and research presented in the short film Sickle Cell: Natural Selection in Humans, which explores the connection between sickle cell disease and malaria.

This interactive video explores metabolic adaptations to high elevation discovered in deer mice.

This short, three-hour asynchronous course is designed for life science educators who want to improve 1–3 of their favorite assessment items using evidence-based practices.

Professor Melissa Haswell discusses how she uses our biogeography resources as part of a case study to help students build connections between island biogeography and eliminating habitat fragmentation in their own locales.

This case study uses research on salt marshes to demonstrate the nature of science and engage students in science practices.

This Click & Learn, which includes a simulator of oxygen circulation, explores how oxygen moves from the atmosphere into the human body and eventually to the tissues.