This 14-minute video lesson covers the chromosomal basis for gender and sex-linked traits. [Biology playlist: Lesson 17 of 71].
Biology Simulations helps students to learn about biology and practice data analysis skills. These simulations allow students to experiment with concepts that may take too much time or too many resources to complete in a traditional science lab setting.
Simulations and virtual labs for biology topics including evolution, ecology, and cellular energetics. All materials are free
This 14-minute video lesson looks at how a sodium potassium pump can maintain a voltage gradient across a cell or neuron's membrane. [Biology playlist: Lesson 42 of 71].
This 9-minute video lesson discusses what a species is and isn't. It considers ligers, tiglons, mule, hinnies, and dogs. [Biology playlist: Lesson 61 of 71].
This 13-minute video lesson looks at the science of taxonomy and where humans fit into the tree of life. [Biology playlist: Lesson 62 of 71].
This textbook has 47 chapters organized into the following 8 units:
Chemistry of Life
The Cell
Genetics
Evolution
Biological Diversity
Plant Structure & Function
Animal Structure & Function
Ecology
This 19-minute video lesson provides an overview of how the nephrons in the kidney filter blood and reabsorb water and other molecules. [Biology playlist: Lesson 59 of 71].
This 21-minute video lesson looks at the pulmonary system including the lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli and thoracic diaphragm. [Biology playlist: Lesson 37 of 71].
This 9-minute video lesson looks at tropomyosin and troponin and their role in regulating muscle contraction. How calcium ion concentration dictates whether a muscle is contracting or not. [Biology playlist: Lesson 48 of 71].
This 8-minute video lesson presents an overview of types of immune responses. It looks at the difference between innate and adaptive immunity and the differences between humoral adaptive immunity and cell-mediated adaptive immunity. [Biology playlist: Lesson 52 of 71].
This 20-minute video lesson discusses how variation can be introduced into a species. [Biology playlist: Lesson 7 of 71].
This 23-minute video provides an introduction to viruses. [Biology playlist: Lesson 19 of 71].
We’ve talked about different materials engineers use to build things in the world, but there’s a special category of materials they turn to when building things to go inside our bodies. In this episode we’ll explore the world biomaterials like titanium and their coatings, the special chemistry of polyurethane, and the cross-linked structure of hydrogels. We’ll also look at the importance of safety & research, as well as the enormous future potential of biomaterials.
A travel agency is trying to boost travel to different parts of the world by increasing the advertising and selling vacation packages. You have been hired to make a presentation to sell a travel package
Working as a group, develop a short presentation to the class to sell your vacation package. Presentations can be in the form of a talk show that will be include a digital powerpoint, website or recorded aided by a green screen. You will present your talk show to the class.
Students examine the structure and function of the human eye, learning some amazing features about our eyes, which provide us with sight and an understanding of our surroundings. Students also learn about some common eye problems and the biomedical devices and medical procedures that resolve or help to lessen the effects of these vision deficiencies, including vision correction surgery.
Human beings are fascinating and complex living organisms a symphony of different functional systems working in concert. Through a 10-lesson series with hands-on activities students are introduced to seven systems of the human body skeletal, muscular, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, sensory, and reproductive as well as genetics. At every stage, they are also introduced to engineers' creative, real-world involvement in caring for the human body.
We’ve discussed the four main branches of engineering but there are so many other fields doing important work, so today we’re going to explore a few of them. In this episode we’ll explore some of the history and fundamentals of industrial engineering, biomedical engineering, and bioengineering.
The history of science up until the Cold War is often overshadowed by the Manhattan Project. But, today we are going to talk about advances in biomedicine, or healthcare based on a biological understanding of human bodies and diseases.
Developed for the third grade. The purpose of this activity is to explore different biomes and the water cycle. Students will create both a desert biome and a prairie biome, and see how the plants survive in both. They will also see how the water cycle works because once the plants are shut in the plastic bags, they will not need water again.Biology In Elementary Schools is a Saint Michael's College student project. The teaching ideas on this page have been found, refined, and developed by students in a college-level course on the teaching of biology at the elementary level. Unless otherwise noted, the lesson plans have been tried at least once by students from our partner schools. This wiki has been established to share ideas about teaching biology in elementary schools. The motivation behind the creation of this page is twofold: 1. to provide an outlet for the teaching ideas of a group of college educators participating in a workshop-style course; 2. to provide a space where anyone else interested in this topic can place their ideas.