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Halloween in the Biology Classroom: Exploring the Tylenol Tampering Case of 1982

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As Halloween approaches, it’s time to get creative with your biology lessons! Connecting to Cellular Respiration By the time Halloween rolls around, my students are midway through our energetics unit and have a solid understanding of cellular respiration, including the crucial role mitochondria play in energy production.

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Why ‘Brain Rot’ Can Hurt Learning — and How One District Is Kicking It Out of School

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Teens drenched themselves in nacho cheese and an energy drink while lip-syncing to audio of popular YouTubers talking about their Lunchable knockoff. Guillermo softly spoke into the remote control, Skibidi rizz a sort of modern-day open sesame that summoned a veritable buffet of short, bizarre videos. Does he live there?).

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An educational journey through cell biology

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An educational journey through cell biology Published: Dr Kristina Ames is the Assistant Director for Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, USA. The central dogma of molecular biology was formulated by Dr Francis Crick, a British scientist, in 1958.

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. The general idea of synthetic biology is that we can engineer microbes to do things that naturally occurring microbes don’t do,” he says.

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PASCO Motion Sensor–A Must for Science Classes

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to investigate the conservation of energy and momentum of cart collisions. to investigate the conservation of energy and momentum of cart collisions. These can be applied to any number of subjects including agriculture science, biology, chemistry, Earth, engineering, environmental, Life Sciences, Physical Science, and physics.

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One Day, AI Will Make Teaching Obsolete. As Educators, We Have a Different Role to Play.

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I could pour even more energy into helping kids learn how to build community if AI helped them build their academic skills. By teaching students how to find their voice and explore their passions, we’re setting them up for a future in which their identities are valued and they feel empowered to pursue their dreams.

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A Look Into Marine Biology

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Those interested in studying the marine organisms themselves should consider a career in marine biology. Marine biologists can pick from a wide range of specialized topics within marine biology to study, ranging from different species, groups, and behaviors.

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