Teaching resources

Innerbody Research is an online home health and wellness guide. I do not know enough about their other offerings (telehealth, online therapy, testing, products, or supplements) to comment on or endorse them, but I did have a good time browsing through their Innerbody Explorer--Anatomy offering. This resource divides the human body into 12 systems: skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, nervous, respiratory, immune/lymphatic, urinary, female reproductive, male reproductive, and integumentary. Each system starts on a general overview page with a comprehensive interactive diagram, I browsed through the Integumentary system first--the skin, hair, nails, and... Read more

Sometimes it can be hard to show the reality of biotech--the fun labs, the amazing instruments, the exciting experiments. And equally important is showing students that what they are doing in their lab classes is similar to what amazing scientists are doing in places like the Wistar Institute. That is why the Virtual Tours the Wistar Institute posted are so valuable. The tours can help show students how their skills are used in biotech careers. Take a 'stroll' and see labs, the Genomics Facility, the Education Suite, and the Imaging Facility. Click on an instrument and launch... Read more

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Breakthrough is a documentary about Nobel Prize winner Jim Allison that highlights how courage, passion, determination, collaboration, and innovation can change the world and inspire hope against huge odds. Inspire your students with this heartwarming story of how science can solve some of our most pressing problems.

Sign up here for a free educational license of the award-winning documentary Jim Allison: Breakthrough to screen with your students and receive a copy of... Read more

Resources:

The Department of Education's OVAE has supported development of www.stemtransitions.org

Led by CORD, this effort by more than 30 community college faculty from around the US has produced (now 61) lessons/activities that live in career clusters. Biotech, being the interdisciplinary/cross-applicable pursuit, encompasses activities that you can find under Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Health Science, STEM (and maybe even Manufacturing).

You have to register, but it's free.

The lesson packages have background for faculty, lesson plans, assessments, etc.

Pedagogy:

Enabling the Synergy of Teamwork. Even simple methods, such... Read more