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Women Life Scientists,
       Past, Present, and Future

The Science of Life

Questions People Ask About
     Animals in Research

Careers in Physiology

National Science Education Standards

Reflecting On Effective
     Teaching Practices - Video

Reflecting on Your Teaching

Videotapes for Grades K-12

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Women Life Scientists:
Past, Present, and Future
This book of 20 life sciences modules is designed to increase students' exposure both to female science role models and to hands-on, inquiry approach activities, as recommended by the National Science Education Standards. Modules are designed to drop easily into middle and high school life sciences curricula, not to "add on." Each module includes: a brief biography of a female science role model and hands-on, inquiry approach, and/or problem-solving life sciences activities with a multidisciplinary focus. Role models include both contemporary and historical women, women of color, and women with physical disabilities.
Each activity is related to the work of the role model. Activity format includes suggestions for teachers, assessment ideas, and handouts for students.

Sample two modules for free!
Sample #1
Let your students explore diffusion and biomedical research careers through the inquiry-approach activities and biography of Maria Mayorga.

Sample # 2
Next, take your students back in time to see the world through the eyes of Sara Josephine Baker as she tracks down Typhoid Mary...then let your students become the public health officials, working as a team to track down the source of a realistic, modern day typhoid outbreak.

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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The Science of Life

The American Physiological Society (APS), in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), have developed a new comic book for use in the classroom and informal settings. The comic book is a fun and interesting way for students in middle and high school to learn about physiology:
What is physiology?
What do physiologists do?
What kind of discoveries do physiologists make?
How does the work of a physiologist benefit humans and animals?


Educational research indicates that students will read comic books over and over again. . . making the comic book a great resource for science educators.



      

 

 

   

 

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Questions People Ask About
Animals in Research
Case Study: Polio
Why do scientists use animals in research?
Do animals have rights?
Do scientists care about the animals' comfort?
What animals are used in research?
Where do scientists get their animals?
Are there alternatives to the use of animals?
Why are cosmetics and other products tested on animals?
How are research animals protected?

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 Careers in Physiology

Physiologists answer key questions ranging from the workings inside single cells to the interactions between human populations and our environment here on earth, the moon, and beyond. To answer these questions, physiologists work in laboratories, libraries, in the field, and in space. For example, a physiologist may study how a particular enzyme contributes to the functions of a specific cell or subcellular organelle. A physiologist may use the simple nerve networks found in marine snails to answer questions about the fundamental mechanisms of learning and memory. A physiologist may investigate the cardiovascular system of an animal to answer questions about heart attacks and other human diseases. And physiologists may study how the body adapts to temperature and environmental extremes encountered on earth, or the zero gravity encountered in space flights to learn how life processes cope with these environmental stresses.
 

 

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 National Science Education Standards

"Americans agree that our students urgently need better science education. But what should they be expected to know and be able to do? Can the same expectations be applied across our diverse society? These and other fundamental issues are addressed in National Science Education Standards--a landmark development effort that reflects the contributions of thousands of teachers, scientists, science educators, and other experts across the country.
The National Science Education Standards offer a coherent vision of what it means to be scientifically literate, describing what all students regardless of background or circumstance should understand and be able to do at different grade levels in various science categories. The standards address:

The exemplary practice of science teaching that provides students with experiences that enable them to achieve scientific literacy.
Criteria for assessing and analyzing students' attainments in science and the learning opportunities that school science programs afford.
The nature and design of the school and district science program.
The support and resources needed for students to learn science.

These standards reflect the principles that learning science is an inquiry-based process, that science in schools should reflect the intellectual traditions of contemporary science, and that all Americans have a role in improving science education."*

*Excerpt from from: http://books.nap.edu/catalog/4962.html







 

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Reflecting On Effective
Teaching Practices

This video is designed to stimulate teacher's reflection on their own teaching, either individually or in small groups. It is an excellent tool for inservice workshops and professional development programs. The video includes four 15-minute segments. Each segment first shows a middle/high school teacher engaging her students in an inquiry-based lesson. Effective teaching strategies are highlighted by the narrator. Then a panel of teachers and other science education experts discuss the teaching methods modeled in the segment. Discussion questions are provided for each segment to stimulate discussion and/or reflection by the viewers.

 

 

          

 

 
   

 

 

 

 

 Reflecting on Your Teaching

These brief exercises are designed to help the middle/high school teacher reflect on ways to incorporate inquiry-based learning in his/her classroom. To download the reflection exercises as a .pdf file, click here. For more ideas on teacher reflection - see the Reflections on Effective Teaching VIDEO.