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This End of Year Science, Biology, Life Science Activity is So Much Fun!

Amy Brown Science

Celebrate the Wild Side of Science with this Mother Nature Awards activity! These slides are a perfect icebreaker and a creative way to introduce life science. Whether youre closing out the year with a bang or jumpstarting science engagement at the beginning of the year, the Mother Nature Awards are a hit every time.

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The Biology Beauty; Maria Sibylla Merian's Art Legacy in Science & Biology

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By: Kayley Seedath Edited by: Ishaa SNBrampton, ONThe Biology Beauty; Maria Sibylla Merian's Art Legacy in Science & BiologyImagine a world where butterflies are believed to be born from mud. And then, a woman named Maria Sibylla Merian or also known as the biology beauty picked up her paintbrush, stepp

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What Can AI Chatbots Teach Us About How Humans Learn?

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It’s called “ ChatGPT and the Future of AI, ” and the author is Terrence Sejnowski, a professor of biology at the University of California, San Diego, where he co-directs the Institute for Neural Computation and the NSF Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center. He is also the Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

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Teachers Believe That AI Is Here to Stay in Education. How It Should Be Taught Is Debatable.

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Zarek Drozda, director of the nonprofit Data Science for Everyone, says his organization has seen interest in offering AI and data science coursework increase among school districts, with the number of states launching data initiatives increasing from one to 29 over the past four years.

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In Time of Campus Turmoil, More Colleges Try Teaching Civil Discourse

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If you're a chemist or if you're a biology professor, you have disciplinary expertise,” Longo says, “but you might not have much experience or feel comfortable having a conversation about climate change with folks who might not believe in climate change.” Last year, she worked on encouraging science students to get involved in the DID Lab.

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UCLA Life Sciences Revamped How It Teaches Math. Is It an Example Others Should Follow?

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About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. It was from his dean, who said that the department had inspected their freshman calculus course, “Calculus for Life Sciences.” Many leaders in the field want to change these statistics.

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Business Leaders Say Computer Science Needs to Be A Core Subject

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Today, a collection of more than 500 prominent business, education and nonprofit leaders called on states to update their K-12 curriculum to make computer science a core subject. The effort was led by Code.org, an education nonprofit focused on expanding computer science education. In the U.S.,