Dr. Stephen O'Brien of the National Cancer Institute discovers a 700-year-old mutation that makes a person resistant to HIV infection. From Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race."

ELL students create and share a botanic field guide incorporating depiction, measurement, description, and classification of common Minnesota trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and plants.

How sensitive are you to cultural and multicultural issues? Here a quick quiz, along with classroom discussion tips, to help you explore the answer. Available online or as a downloadable document (PDF, Word).

Families come in different shapes and sizes. This video explores different types of families and how no matter what your family looks like it's special. Included are links to background information, additional resources, and an activity. [0:48]

Follow our narrator as she tries traditional dinners with families from Kenya, Japan, and Lebanon while teaching about friends and foods from other world cultures.

Students read an article titled "The Sixth Extinction" by Niles Eldredge on past mass extinctions and the current rate of loss of species. The instructor can choose from a suite of activities which include having students respond to discussion and extension questions about the article, write an essay on the article defending Eldredge's view, create an extinction chart, and debate the actions of stakeholders faced with an endangered species vs. human water needs scenario. Students will need to research additional references to complete the activities and be prepared to defend their positions.

Learn about important civil right movements in American history. Through a study of foundational documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, students learn about the fight for equal rights by different groups throughout history. [14:26]

Explore the intersection between media and politics. Through a study of foundational documents like the Constitution, specifically the 1st Amendment, students learn about the evolution of media, the impact of political ads on policy, bias in the media, and the effects of media framing, priming, and agenda setting in the shaping of American government and politics. [11:59]

In the novel Return to Sender, students explore the complexity of immigration and stereotypes, and interpret how authors highlight different characters' perspectives.

When COVID-19 struck, school leaders raced to provide for their students’ needs. Gavin Smith of Fenway High School in Boston has not only supported students and their families throughout the pandemic, but also in the face of systemic marginalization and exclusion. In this episode, he shares his thoughts on shifting the narrative, breaking down barriers, and preparing young people for success.

This STEM-based poultry curriculum uses immersive learning experiences and real genetic samples for your students to dive deep in the future evolution of our food. See how environment influences heredity, and explore the evidence that suggests T. rex as our modern chicken’s and turkey’s ancestor. This unit features 4 lessons and 10 files. Lessons are aligned to NGSS.

A dining hall at Dartmouth College accommodates the religious dietary requirements of Muslims, Jews and Hindus as explained in this video from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. [2:22]

The Genetics Student Edition book is one of ten volumes making up the Human Biology curriculum, an interdisciplinary and inquiry-based approach to the study of life science.

This video segment from Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" shows biologists Chris Schneider and Tom Smith studying hummingbirds and other animals in Ecuador. Their research is investigating the processes by which new species are formed.

Very scholarly article that looks at the role literature helps teach us about the diversity of our culture. The author looks at various aspects of literature and then gives teacher resources and a helpful bibliography.

This activity is a field investigation or bio-blitz where students are collecting as many different types of insects as they can. Back in the lab, they will record their findings, sort and classify the insects found. This will lead into a class discussion on biodiversity and the importance of insects and their benefits all living things.

Create a slide that represents what makes you special or unique using Google Slides. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes

Make inferences and recommendations using data, train a computer, and consider ethical implications of machine learning. Time to complete: 3-5 hours

In this field lab students will investigate the biodiversity around their school. Students will perform a biodiversity count using transect line. The students will develop multiple hypotheses relating to biodiversity and propose additional procedures for studying, collecting and testing these questions.

This investigation is a field study where students compare the diversity of plants and insects in a naturally existing habitat to that of a human altered habitat.