Site Guide: Resources for Biologists
General Collections of Biology Resources Available from SERC
Biocomplexity in the Geosciences - This site contains a variety of resources for faculty members who teach undergraduate courses related to biocomplexity, including biological, geological, chemical, physical and human systems. You will find links to activities and assignments, internet and computer resources, publications, presentations from the 2003 workshop on Teaching Biocomplexity in the Geosciences, a group email list, and lots of creative ideas for teaching biocomplexity in your own classroom.
CISMI Interdisciplinary Biology Resources - This site offers
case studies of
interdisciplinary biology and a section on development of complex problems for intro biology.
Earth Exploration Toolbook Biology Chapters - These chapters use
data and quantitative skills in presenting topics including wetlands, phytoplankton blooms, and carbon cycles to students.
Faculty-coached, In-class Problem Solving - In this class format, students work collaboratively to solve problems, while professors provide a structured, guided context. Each class is designed specifically to support students as they
apply and synthesize new concepts they are learning; faculty introduce new concepts and play an active role interacting with each group of students as they work on problems. This module contains
example activities from an introductory biology course.
Geology and Human Health - This site contains a variety of educational and supporting materials for faculty teaching in the emerging field of geology and human health. You will find links to internet resources, books, teaching activities, and a group email list, as well as posters, presentations and discussions from the spring 2004 workshop on Geology and Human Health. These resources reflect the contributions of faculty members from across the country and the collections will continue to grow as materials are developed.
Merlot Biology Pedagogic Resources - This index page guides users to help integrate
web-based assignments and activities into intro-level biology courses.
Microbial Life Educational Resources (MLER) - This site offers a rich set of teaching
activities,
information resources, and
visualizations for a wide range of topics in
microbiology, from Yellowstone viruses and extremophiles to red tide and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.
Teaching Paleontology in the 21st Century - This site is devoted to a variety of resources for faculty members who teach undergraduate paleontology. We have provided links to a growing collection of activities and assignments, internet and computer resources, presentations from the summer 2009 workshop on teaching paleontology, and lots of creative ideas for teaching paleontology.
SENCER Biology Resources - This site lists a number of
models, backgrounders, essays, and campus reports for
biology and social issues, such as information about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, nanotechnology, genomics, and biodiversity. The resources are searchable and can be further narrowed by topic and resource type.
Teaching Big Science at Small Colleges: a Genomics Collaboration - Barnard, Carleton, Vassar and Williams Colleges have been awarded a three-year grant from the Teagle Foundation to
advance genomic curricula within liberal arts colleges - this site is home to the products of this collaboration, which includes curriculum development products and activities.
Teaching Activities
Inquiry-based Integrated Instructional Units - This site hosts examples of
inquiry-based activities related to the field of
genomics.
MLER Resources for K-12 Students and Teachers - This site hosts a collection of
teaching activities and webquests suitable for high school or undergraduate courses in microbiology and ecology.
MLER Resources for Undergraduates - This collection of
activities, laboratory exercises, and webquests is suitable for undergraduate courses in general biology and microbiology.
