Resources for Teaching and Learning Biology

 

General Biology
Nature of Science
Evolution
Science Inquiry

General Biology:

• ActionBioscience.org features issues-based articles written by prominent scientists, accompanying lesson ideas, and related teaching resources for high school and undergraduate biology educators.
• BiosciEdNet.org provides access to resources from BEN Collaborative partner organizations such as Ecological Society of America, American Society for Microbiology, and Botanical Society of America.
• BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium promotes curriculum innovation by serving a national role as a networking resource for individuals to share, distribute, and enhance cooperation among on-going and future biology education development projects.
• Biological Sciences Curriculum Study develops and supports the implementation of innovative science education curriculum for students in kindergarten through college.
• Project Kaleidoscope is a leading advocate for building and sustaining strong undergraduate programs in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
• National Academies' Subject Hub for Education provides numerous resources and publications on the latest research in teaching and learning.
• National Science Teachers Association a professional society for science teachers
• National Association of Biology Teachers a professional society for biology educators

Nature of Science:

• AAAS Science NetLinks — how science works and other teaching resources
• The Butterfly Project: Learning About Research, Technology, and the Nature of Science. Anne Bowen, Science Education Student, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
• Evolution and the Nature of Science Institute — Lessons on nature of science from Indiana University's ENSI
• Lessons and resources on the nature of science. Kerry Bright, PhD, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana
• National Science Education Standards
  • K-4
  • 5-8
  • 9-12
• The Nature of Science — Royal Society of Chemistry, LearnNet
• Nature of Science standards — What students should know and be able to do, from Benchmarks for Science Literacy, AAAS Project 2061
• NSTA Resources — Learn History and Nature of Science
• PBS Evolution Lesson 1 — What is the nature of science?
• Reshaping their views: Science as liberal arts.  — Discusses strategies for professors to use in general-education courses to encourage students to learn more about the nature of science and scientific inquiry, by Judith Bramble in New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Volume 2005, Issue 103, p. 51-60, Fall 2005, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
• Rethinking the Presentation of the NSTA Standards for Science Teacher Preparation — Nature of Science section, from a special feature in the Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2000, volume 4, no. 3 (http://unr.edu/homepage/crowther/ejse/ejsev4n3.html).
• Symposium on the nature of science  — Beyond Creationism: A reporter's eye view of the world in collision (video). J. Madeleine Nash, Senior Correspondent, TIME Magazine
• Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science — Book from National Academies Press
• Using iMovie to Teach History and the Nature of Scientific Inquiry. Great Scientific Debates on Apple Learning Interchange

Evolution:

• AIBS Evolution Initiatives
• Evolution and the Fossil Record. 2001. From the American Geological Institute and the Paleontological Society.
• The Evolution Project. PBS website, television series, and teaching resources
• EvoNet a Worldwide Network for Evolutionary Biology
• National Academy of Sciences — evolution resources
• National Center for Science Education defending the teaching of evolution in public schools.
• National Evolutionary Synthesis Center — Evolutionary biology resources for educators, students, scientists, and the general public.
• Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science. National Academies Press. 1998.
• "Teaching about Evolution: Old Controversy, New Challenges" by Rodger Bybee, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, recipient of the 2001 AIBS Education Award. Published by AIBS in BioScience, April 2001. PDF, 100k
• Understanding Evolution. From the University of California, Museum of Paleontology, a one-stop source for information on evolution, with teaching resources.

Science Inquiry:

• National Science Education Standards
  • K-4
  • 5-8
  • 9-12
• PBS Evolution library — science as inquiry
• Methods for teaching science as inquiry  — Prentice Hall
• Model for 4-H Science as Inquiry. Journal of Extension, October 2004 Volume 42 Number 5