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This case study presents the story of "Nick," a student who has been assigned the task of writing a research paper describing the fundamentals of chemical bonds and how they relate to human life. When Nick experiences difficulty remembering information about the different types of chemical bonds, he turns to his tutor, Josh, for help. Josh explains orbitals and valence electrons to Nick, and then they together review nonpolar and polar covalent bonds, ionic bonds, and hydrogen bonds. A final practical application exercise requires that students write about how different types of chemical bonds may relate to the development of Alzheimer's disease and to the mechanism of action of potential drug treatments.  The case is presented with PowerPoint slides and is designed to be used with a personal response system ("clickers"), but students can instead record their answers on paper or share them verbally.  The content is appropriate for use in high school and undergraduate introductory chemistry and biology courses.

Deep-sea mystery solved: astonishing larval transformation and extreme sexual dimorphism unite three fish families by Johnson, et al. (2009)* published in Biology Letters, Royal Society. The deep sea fishes at the heart of the investigation and this activity were historically classified into three families or clades based on the obvious morphological differences between the members of each group. 

Using art with common core, includes strategies: - building analysis skills through art - claims evidence reasoning encourage student debate I do we do you do museum sxhibition as a culminating event roll dice for participation see-wonder-think tools for participation visiting a musuem

STEM resources

Teacher site with detailed instructions for using Google for online science notebooks.

Aligned with both the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core State Standards, the investigations are designed to be much more authentic than traditional laboratory activities-and they enable your students to learn how to read, write, speak, and use math in the context of science.

Resources for DNA microarrays, synthetic biology, and NextGen sequencing from Davidson College.

crowd-sourced list of resources to support microbiology content

The next slide displays two versions of the same group presentation. Click the differing elements in either version, then read an explanation of how the improved element contributes to a better presentation.

This interrupted case study for the flipped classroom introduces the human microbiome from the perspective of one of its occupants, Heidi Helicobacter (Helicobacter pylori).  Heidi lives in the gut of Kristen, a college student, and discusses her fellow microbial inhabitants, functions of these various microbes, and alludes to factors that can disrupt the healthy human microbiome. Students prepare for class by viewing several brief videos and then discuss in class whether Kristen should undergo a fecal microbiota transplant to treat her Clostridium difficile infection.  A lab component has students model, using colored beads, how antibiotics can act as a selective agent for drug-resistant microbes such as C. difficile. The case concludes with Kristen about to give birth to a new baby several years later.  Students listen in as Kristen's microbes discuss the formation of the new baby's microbiome. The case has been used successfully in a general biology class and could easily be adapted for a microbiology, human physiology, ecology, or evolution course.

Series of review handouts from Living Systems Regents course

5:12 video animation describes the basics of enzyme structure and function. This includes enzyme substrates and active sites, enzyme denaturation, and competitive and non-competitive inhibition.

Say a red gummy bear has a baby with a yellow gummy bear - what percentage of red and yellow do the parents give to their children? Well, assuming gummy bear genetics works the same way we do, they'll have one set of chromosomes from their mum and one from their dad - so 50 percent from each - easy!

curricular materials around solutions to climate change