Lights, camera, action! Well maybe not a Hollywood movie, there is a lot to be learned by filming bees. Dr. Biology talks with bee movie maker and neurobiologist Brian Smith. Listen in as the two talk about bees, Bee Movie, and even take trip inside a beehive to check out what is buzzing.

This is an activity that involves students modeling the behavior and competition that Charles Darwin's finches would have gone through as they competed for food and space on the Galapagos Islands. Some will survive. Some won't.

In this investigation learners research the effects of melting sea ice in the Bering Sea Ecosystem. They create research proposals to earn a place on the scientific research vessel Healy and present their findings and proposals to a Research Board committee.

This activity is designed to help students understand the structures and functions of the cell by building a model.

This is a Biochemistry Pre-test or Review, matching exercise. In the form of a one page Word document. It is the first unit in AP Biology with these terms being used throughout the rest of the year, so it is essential learning for that course.

Developed for the second grade. A biodome is a self-sustaining habitat for plants. Students will make a biodome in a recycled soda bottle and watch as their seeds grow. Students will observe and understand how the water in the biodome continues to recycle itself through condensation and evaporation.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.

Our goal is to present the key observations and unifying concepts upon which modern biology is based; it is not a survey of all biology! Once understood, these foundational observations and concepts should enable you to approach any biological process, from disease to kindness, from a scientific perspective. To understand biological systems we need to consider them from two complementary perspectives; how they came to be (the historic, that is, evolutionary) and how their structures, traits, and behaviors are produced (the mechanistic, that is, the physicochemical)

Students will use key features (such as cell type, DNA, and structural similarities) to classify organisms into modern domains . They will also create and read model representations of classification to organize and demonstrate their understanding of evolutionary history. This module was developed by Liz Ashby as part of a Virginia Commonwealth University STEM initiative sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education.

This 17-minute video lesson looks at understanding the structure of a muscle cell. [Biology playlist: Lesson 50 of 71].

This 6-minute video lesson provides an introduction to the neuron and its anatomy. [Biology playlist: Lesson 41 of 71].

This 14-minute video lesson provides an overview of B cells (B lymphocytes) and how they are activated and produce antibodies. [Biology playlist: Lesson 53 of 71].

This 18-minute video lesson provides an introduction to bacteria. [Biology playlist: Lesson 18 of 71].

This 17-minute video lesson looks at C-4 Photosynthesis: How some plants avoid photorespiration. [Biology playlist: Lesson 33 of 71].

This 9-minute video lesson looks at how CAM Plants are able to fix carbon at night so they don't have to keep their stomata open during the day. [Biology playlist: Lesson 34 of 71].

This 13-minute video lecture provides an introduction to what cancer is and how it is the by-product of broken DNA replication. [Biology playlist: Lesson 13 of 71].

This 18-minute video lesson looks at the the vocabulary of DNA: chromosomes, chromatids, chromatin, transcription, translation, and replication. [Biology playlist: Lesson 8 of 71].

This 15-minute video lesson provides an introduction to the circulatory system and the heart. [Biology playlist: Lesson 39 of 71].

This 7-minute video lesson provides a correction to Sodium and Potassium Pump Video. [Biology playlist: Lesson 43 of 71].

This 10-minute video lesson discusses how cytotoxic T-Cells get activated by MHC-I/antigen complexes and then proceed to kill infected cells. [Biology playlist: Lesson 56 of 71].

This 28-minute video lesson provides an introduction to DNA. [Biology playlist: Lesson 6 of 71].