As a doctoral student at the University of Washington in Seattle, biologist Michelle Smith spent a lot of time sorting fruit flies under the microscope. But she often found her mind wandering to her ...

Learn how to utilize board games to teach science effectively. Through hands-on activities and demonstrations, educators will gain practical strategies for incorporating board games into their ...

In a drab hearing room in Austin, Tex., members of the State Board of Education, seated at small desks arranged in a broad, socially distanced circle, debated whether eighth grade science students ...

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David Myers' hands-on microfluidics course lets students build sticker-based devices, enhancing understanding of miniaturization science through active learning. Students in David Myers' class on ...

For years, educators have assumed that if we could only give students the right science knowledge in the right way, we’d improve both K-12 students’ understanding of science and, by extension, public ...

In October 2018, The New York Times reported that the Trump administration had proposed a new legal definition of sex. “Sex means a person’s status as male or female based on immutable biological ...

We will be adding new, reviewed, and/or adapted games to the list. Check back often and follow Superheroes of Science (@purduesos) on Facebook or Instagram for updates! This lesson utilizes an ...

Bill Jia, Arin Wongprommoon and Andre Zylstra from the Cambridge University Synthetic Biology Society (Cambridge, UK) provide a student’s perspective on the importance of being practical and creative ...

Please sign up here to have the Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox. COLORADO SPRINGS — Biology textbooks used in American high schools do not go near the sensitive question of ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Reading textbooks. Taking notes. Pop quizzes. Research papers. An experiment or two. Those are often the first, and only, things that come to mind when you imagine a college biology ...