Participants Biographies Looking forward to my 14th year of teaching High School biology, I have spent the biology; Environmental biology. Clubs and ExtraCurricular activities http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/esi/2002/Biology/Faculty/Mentor/Participants_LM/
Extractions: I have been teaching at the same school for six years now. I teach 7th grade Social Studies and Science. Originally, I planned on becoming a lawyer but plans changed after leaving D.C. as an intern and going to NY for a week to visit my cousin. It was there that he inspired me to become a teacher. Each day I would read to him, take him to school and participate in his school activities, which really changed me. I have been blessed with a wonderful family. My dad (who plays golf with me), mom and my brother â Mark are close knit. In my pastime, I love to travel. I have been to countries like Japan, Malaysia, Singapore (Iâm originally from here), Thailand, Nepal, Mexico, China and Canada. I even lived in Mexico for 4 months as a missionary. I can still speak a bit of Spanish if given the opportunity. So hereâs a bit about me!
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Extractions: Professor Don Galbraith and his writing team offer other biology teachers activities that present common topics in creative ways, engaging students by using everyday situations and scenarios. The variety is great: some activities encourage cooperative learning, others specifically address different learning styles; all were developed to enhance students' problem-solving abilities. Each and every activity gives a fresh approach to major biology topics that teachers are bound to cover in their courses.
National Association Of Biology Teachers Role of Laboratory and Field Instruction in biology Education Laboratoryactivities and inquiry provide students with opportunities to observe, sample, http://www.nabt.org/sub/position_statements/laboratory.asp
Extractions: Role of Laboratory and Field Instruction in Biology Education Philosophy The study of biology provides students with opportunities to develop an understanding of our living world. Biology is the study of life and its evolution; of organisms and their structures, functions, processes, and interactions with each other and with their environments. Scientific inquiry is the primary process by which scientific knowledge is gained. It involves the basic skills of questioning, prediction, qualitative and quantitative observation, classification, inference, communication and, additionally, integrated skills such as identifying and controlling for variables, generating procedures, planning strategies for testing hypotheses and answering questions, and for collecting and interpreting appropriate data. The knowledge of biology includes scientific data, concepts, hypotheses, theories, methodology, use of instruments, and conceptual themes. Biologists recognize that knowledge based upon experimental results and accurate observations is gained through a variety of experiences, including the pursuit of cause and effect relationships. Thus, the role of the laboratory and field learning becomes a key component in understanding biology. Laboratory activities and inquiry provide students with opportunities to observe, sample, experience, and experiment with scientific phenomena in their quest for knowledge of living things.
Teaching About Evolution And The Nature Of Science Contents TITLE activities for Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science ACTIVITY 7Proposing the Theory of Biological Evolution Historical Perspective http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/evolution98/contents.html
Extractions: ACTIVITY 1: Introducing Inquiry and the Nature of Science ACTIVITY 2: The Formulation of Explanations: An Invitation to Inquiry on Natural Selection ACTIVITY 3: Investigating Natural Selection ACTIVITY 4: Investigating Common Descent: Formulating Explanations and Models ACTIVITY 5: Proposing Explanations for Fossil Footprints ACTIVITY 6: Understanding Earth's Changes Over Time ACTIVITY 7: Proposing the Theory of Biological Evolution: Historical Perspective ACTIVITY 8: Connecting Population Growth and Biological Evolution CHAPTER 7
Education World® : Science Center : 9-12 : Biology See the Zoology Classification Activity with Teaching Masters included. This is a great resource for high school biology and other science teachers. http://www.educationworld.com/science/hs/9_12_lifsci.shtml
Innovative Teaching - Biology Resources This month s newsletter offers a host of great online biology resources. Of course,you can view more top resources visiting Innovative Teaching at http://surfaquarium.com/NEWSLETTER/biology.htm
Extractions: Happy April, whether it brings Spring to you in the northern hemisphere or Fall in the southern hemisphere - the change of seasons is welcome! In the spirit of spring cleaning, I have given my multiple intelligences pages a face lift. The splash page can be found at http://surfaquarium.com/MI/ I was looking to give the pages a more polished, professional look, as opposed to the child-centered design I had used in the past. Let me know what you think! This month's newsletter is a special double-issue that touts the best biology resources on the Web. Biology is taught from the earliest grades through advanced placement high school courses. With Internet access in the classroom, the study of the life sciences become even more exciting and meaningful as students perform virtual dissections, look at small worlds close up, and experiment creating entirely new forms of life online. This month's newsletter offers a host of great online biology resources. Of course, you can view more top resources visiting Innovative Teaching at http://surfaquarium.com/IT/CONTENT/biology.htm
Bio21: Teaching Biology With Bioinformatics Workshop Activity Bio21 Teaching biology with Bioinformatics workshop October1617, 2003Summary The Bio21 conference 2003 was the first conference of its kind http://dept.seattlecolleges.com/fd/Faculty_Reports/Fall_2003/SuzanneSchlador.htm
Extractions: Summary: The Bio21 conference 2003 was the first conference of its kind sponsored by Geospiza, a local biotech company that specializes in software development for molecular biology. One of the goals of the conference was to bring educators together to talk about what it means to teach biology in the 21st century and discuss the topics in bioinformatics that should be included in the current biology/pre-med/microbiology curricula. The meeting was small with about 80-100 attendees. This was a good size since it allowed an opportunity for faculty to get to know each other over the course of the meeting. Most of the people attending the meeting had an interest in integrating bioinformatics into their curriculum and were looking for good ideas from faculty that had succeeded. Some faculty were interested in finding out more information about degree programs in Bioinformatics. There are only a few colleges in the United States that offer such program and representatives were at the meeting and participated in a panel discussion. This was very informative as they presented some of the challenges associated with starting such a program, the types of classes/coursework that are part of the curriculum, and the types of jobs that are available for students who complete these programs.
Teacher Guide The activities in this Teacher s Guide can help you use The Yuckiest Site on the Additional teaching ideas for primary students are also included. http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/teachercenter/pg000065.htm
Extractions: Wendell the Worm, host of The Yuckiest Site on the Internet , welcomes your students to Bug World, populated by the yuckiest bugs of all: cockroaches! Students can use the icky roaches as a stepping stone to a wide world of insect varieties just waiting to be explored. The activities in this Teacher's Guide can help you use The Yuckiest Site on the Internet to launch a rich and fascinating biology unit on insects for grades 3-8. Additional teaching ideas for primary students are also included. You'll find that all the lesson plans and activities in this Teacher's Guide can be easily adaptable for both younger and older students. Classroom Activities for Grades 3-8
Biology Teaching Home Page Established in 1995 by the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong,this site covers many issues of teaching biology at highschools. http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~johnson/
 Earth Day...Comin Atcha!!! - Biology Teaching Thesis Earth Day Pinata This activity is more of a demonstration for the to levelwith and learn WITH the students rather than simply teaching AT them. http://lumen.georgetown.edu/projects/postertool/index.cfm?fuseaction=poster.disp
APS Curricular Materials And Teaching Resources activities and labs from APS publications are available here as well. K12Curricular Materials and Teaching Resources by author name http://www.the-aps.org/education/k12curric/index.asp
Extractions: Welcome to the American Physiological Society's Online K-12 Curricular Materials and Teaching Resources website. The science activities and laboratories included here are written for elementary, middle, high school, and junior college/college level and are organized in the following ways: by author/project name (teacher/developer's last name or publication name or project name); by scientific subject; and by grade level. Most curricular materials were developed and field-tested by teachers and participants of APS programs. Activities and labs from APS publications are available here as well. K-12 Curricular Materials and Teaching Resources by author name... AUTHOR NAME SUBJECT GRADE LEVEL TITLE Arrowtop, Barbara Biochemistry ES Painting with Natural Dyes Baker, Carol Exercise Physiology, Musculoskeletal System MS-HS Move Chicken Move Beck, Larry
MAST - Math And Science Teaching Institute Awesome Library This site has great information for biology teachers. working to defend the teaching of evolution against sectarian attack. http://mast.unco.edu/hotline/resources/biology.php
Extractions: OTHER BIOLOGY, HEALTH AND NUTRITION RESOURCES Please choose the area you wish to view from the menu below: Helplines and Authoritative Resources Library of MAST Biology Resources alphabetical listing category listing Do you know of a great web site that would be a good addition to this page? Please let us know by e-mailing us at: masthot@unco.edu American Association for Microbiology (ASM) The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies (BSCS) ... Return to Subject Specific Resources Helplines and Authoritative Resources (alphabetical listing) Access Excellence : This site is sponsored by The National Health Museum and is geared toward providing resources for high school science teachers. Action Bioscience.org : Seven Bioscience Challenges, How do these issues affect your life? Including environment, genetics, and education. American Museum of Natural History : Site provides information through games and activities for elementary aged students. With extra information for educators. Audubon Society of Greater Denver: Nature Discovery Labs: 1 hour Maximum of 30 students per class. They can visit up to 4 classes per day. Fee: $2.00 per student. Contact
A Model For Scientific Teaching In Introductory Biology Courses To promote the growth and development of plant biology, to encourage and Abs 1196 A Model for Scientific Teaching in Introductory biology Courses http://abstracts.aspb.org/pb2005/public/P79/8286.html
Extractions: CONTACT US SITE MAP SEARCH ADVERTISE ... Add this abstract to my Itinerary Abs # 1196: A Model for Scientific Teaching in Introductory Biology Courses Presenter: Roy, Harry Contact Author Authors Roy, Harry (A) Hanna, Michael (A) McDaniel, Carl (A) Lister, Brad (A) Affiliations: (A): Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Our goal is to use research-based pedagogy to teach our combined majors/non-majors introductory biology course. This one semester course covers evolution, genetics, molecular biology, and ecology with emphases on the concepts most relevant to understanding the biological sciences and their impacts on society. The course is multi-media intensive: videos, animations, simulations, and web-based activities, are included and the course is managed using WebCT. The pedagogy replaces lecture with a variety of interactive activities where students discover by doing. Biweekly sessions are each composed of pre-class (90 minutes), in-class (150 minutes) and post-class (60 minutes) activities focusing on a major topic. Each section had 60 undergraduates (all with laptop computers), 1 instructor, and 3 teaching assistants. All assigned work was evaluated to make sure students were keeping up. Formative student assessments, using the WebCT quiz tool, included unsupervised reviews for the pre- and post-class activities, in-class concept questions, and student essays on conceptual questions. Summative assessments included three exams, a cumulative final, and a group or individual project. Diagnostic results indicate learning gains in the 15% to 50% range depending upon subject, diagnostic, and whether or not the diagnostic was part of the final exam.
CBE Home CBE staff members have backgrounds and training in a variety of biology subdisciplines Teaching Resource for New Faculty If you would like a friendly, http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/
Extractions: Information for: Faculty/Staff Faculty/Staff Home Innovation BIBs BIT SyMBiosis Teaching Circles Ways of Knowing BIGs BNMC Workshops K-12/Outreach K12/Outreach info ARMS BioNet LTER SYS WisSELA FSN PEOPLE SSI Undergraduates Undergraduate Info Advisor Course Database BIGs Undergrad Research SRP-Bio Ways of Knowing Which Biology Major? LInks to Majors Grad/Post-docs Grad/Post-doc info Innovation BIBs BIT SSI PEOPLE Ways of Knowing BNMC Search CBE The Center for Biology Education develops and coordinates a spectrum of activities/programs for the university, for K-12 teachers and students and for the general public with the aim of promoting excellence in biology education at all levels. CBE staff members have backgrounds and training in a variety of biology subdisciplines as well as in the field of education. Program development and implementation is done in close partnership with UW-Madison faculty, staff, graduate students and undergrads as well as with community members. Additional background is included in our mission, history, and objectives
Teaching History, Philosophy, And Social Studies Of Biology Teaching History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of biology will experiencea problembased learning activity that foregrounds ethical and cultural http://www.faculty.umb.edu/peter_taylor/ished01.html
Extractions: Through their teaching, writing, and public presentations many ISHPSSBers promote the constructively critical analysis of science among students, practicing scientists, science studies scholars, and the wider public. The idea of a pre-conference workshop is for ISHPSSBers to share how we address this challenge. To get the ball rolling the Education Committee has arranged three presenters for the 2001 meetings. We hope this will incite others to offer to share their wares before and at future ISHPSSB meetings. A lunch meeting will be held during the conference to plan future pre-conference education workshops. This workshop consists of three sessions, two in the morning; one in the afternoon. These are experiential sessions. That is, instead of the session leaders telling us how they teach, participants experience the kinds of teaching the session leaders are exploring and reflect on the pedagogical issues raised. Participants are encouraged to attend the full day to compare and contrast the different approaches. Logistics: Indicate on the ISHPSSB Conference registration form that you will attend the workshop and need Wednesday lunch. Indicate also if you need Tuesday night dormitory accommodation and breakfast, available at the same (low) cost. There will be no cost for the workshop, but please email peter.taylor@umb.edu if you will be attending so sufficient copies of the handouts can be made.
The School Of Biology Faculty of Biological Sciences School of biology. To reflect our researchactivities, our teaching portfolio includes undergraduate programmes in http://www.biology.leeds.ac.uk/whyleeds.php
Extractions: UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Faculty of Biological Sciences About Staff ... Home The School of Biology is one of three schools within the Faculty of Biological Sciences. We occupy our own building, completed in 1997, which houses both teaching and research space. Over fifty permanent lecturing staff are organised into six research groupings, covering areas such as evolution, parasitology, immunology, development, biomechanics, ecology, animal physiology, agriculture, genetics and plant molecular biology. Such a broad range of interests and activities extends to multidisciplinary work with other schools within the faculty, other schools within the University and to other Universities, both in the UK and abroad. The most important resource in the School is its staff, the lecturing staff, the staff who support the students, those who administer the School and those who provide technical support for research and teaching. We have a teaching office located in our reception area which deals specifically with enquiries and administrative issues for our students. The vast majority of our student administration is done within the School, which means that we can get to know our students personally.
Quiz Hub Online interactive educational games, puzzles, and quizzes. http://quizhub.com/
