This resource comes from the NIH U.S. National Library of Medicine. The website includes resources for teaching Mendelian genetics and nonmendelian inheritance patterns all related to characters in the Harry Potter series. PowerPoint slides are included for instruction along with printable student handouts.

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The purpose of the activity is to make students consider several factors (discussed in lecture and lab during the semester) when it comes to biodiversity, ecology, and conservation. Goals: Our main objective is to challenge students to come up with an argument about allocating funding to a potential national park/reserve using information they had just been provided, and applying what they...

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This is a worksheet (and key) that emphasizes the chemistry of water and the emergent properties of water that arise from water's chemistry. Its purpose is to reinforce the lecture material on these topics and to help students start to think about what makes a molecule polar/hydrophilic vs. nonpolar/hydrophobic. It was adapted from a worksheet posted at http...

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This is a review activity where students need to use their knowledge to outlive the rest of the class. Basic instructions and set-up are included for this activity. It can be used for any class and any topic that you would like to quiz your students on. The main idea of the activity is that students need to be able to describe terms, concepts, or phrases to their classmates so they can recognize...

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This activity utilizes the emergence of antibiotic resistance, and mechanisms thereof, to teach essential concepts including natural selection, bacterial gene transfer, mutation, and gene expression. It also provides a connection between course content and modern applications of important concepts. The activity (app. 25 minutes) is intended for introductory students in biology. It is flexible and...

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