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Boosting Biology Exam Scores with Spiral Reviews

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Achieving this can often be a daunting task, particularly when preparing students for comprehensive assessments, like end-of-course exams. In Biology , where concepts are interconnected and complex, finding effective review strategies is crucial. The dividends in student achievement and engagement are well worth the investment.

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STEM Calendar for the Month of May for Educators Everywhere

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Astronaut Day: Astronaut Day celebrates the bravery and achievements of those who venture beyond Earth’s atmosphere to explore the cosmos. Maritime Day: Maritime Day commemorates the importance of the maritime industry and its contributions to global trade, transportation, and exploration.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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Across Peru, thousands of people do not have access to clean water or efficient transport links. He is investigating the connection between poor transport links and social inequality, and bringing sanitation to a remote community in the Andes. HOW DOES PUBLIC TRANSPORT AFFECT INEQUALITY? LATRINE – a very simple toilet facility.

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Manipulating the brain’s ‘gatekeepers’ could thwart obesity and prevent dementia

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Thirdly, tanycytes themselves actively transport some of these signals into the brain, allowing them to reach responsive neurons that would otherwise be insulated from them. “It TRANSPORTING MESSAGES. It is believed that tanycytes play a role in our ability to transport the messages to the appropriate neuronal circuits.

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Are there ‘rules’ for conveying emotion through art?

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Culture and biology “For thousands of years, art has been used to communicate the experiences and emotions of daily life,” says Dr Claudia Damiano, previously a Postdoctoral Researcher at GestaltReVision Lab, KU Leuven, in Belgium, and now Research Associate at Toronto’s Department of Psychology.

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Using adsorbents to help society

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About chemical and biomolecular engineering If you enjoy chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics and are interested in learning how things work on a small scale, then you should consider a career in chemical and biomolecular engineering. What other achievements are you particularly proud of?

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Can we decipher the mechanisms that allow plant cells to communicate?

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Dave and his team used a genetics technique known as ‘screening’ to search for genes that are involved in the transport of the KNOTTED1 RNA signal molecule. FIELD OF RESEARCH : Plant Biology. ABOUT PLANT BIOLOGY. Stem cell research and developmental biology are the major disciplines that we study, and they go together.