free online life sciences education resource update
Mark Lasbury
Good morning,
What makes two babies
twins? Do they have to be of the same race, be born near the same time, have
the same father? The answer to all of these questions is no…now find out why.
Did you know that you probably have cells of your mother growing inside you and
she has your cells growing inside her – and your cells might keep her from
getting breast cancer! And did you know that many people are walking around
with two sets of cells in their body; theirs and their unborn twin siblings.
These are some of the recent stories we have addressed on a
free online resource developed to increase learner engagement and educator
content knowledge. As Many Exceptions As Rules tells the stories of organisms that
break biological rules or norms in order to survive and thrive. Through these
stories, the core concepts of the science are reinforced.
The resource can be accessed at: http://biologicalexceptions.blogspot.com
Posted weekly, each story includes pertinent vocabulary with
etymology, interesting questions to spark discussion, links to the reports from
the latest research on the subject being discussed, and a list of online
resources for more information and classroom activities.
Upcoming topics will
include the biology of vampires and blood consumption, how people used to be
buried alive and conditions that might make people you were ready to be buried.
We’ll also talk about how important numbers are in biology – a survey of all
life on earth by the numbers.
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Mark E. Lasbury, MS, MSEd, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine
IUPUI School of Education
As Many Exceptions As Rules