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Should High School Students Do Academic Research?

ED Surge

A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’ to their list of achievements when they apply to colleges. But experts say that the trend of high school research, while well-intentioned, has plenty of pitfalls. They may be playing sports.

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

The Trendy Science Teacher

As Halloween approaches, it’s time to get creative with your biology lessons! Then, I break my students into their assigned lab groups and have them conduct quick research of the victim whose name is listed on their group’s tombstone. After about 6-7 minutes, each group shares what they found in their research.

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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. Her work also highlights the huge impact cell biologists can have on people’s lives.

Biology 98
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How Podcasting Is Changing Teaching and Research

ED Surge

To research the volume, he interviewed 101 podcasters in education, asking them about their motivations and views on the craft. Let's explain that we didn't come to this idea by pulling it out of the sky or because we had a particular opinion about something before we started doing the research. Let's let people in.

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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. Yet, despite these many and varied uses, researchers believe they remain a mostly untapped resource for humanity.

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The Biology Behind Fear

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Understanding the biology of fear is crucial for unraveling the intricacies of our survival instinct and how it influences our behavior and overall well-being. Two neurotransmitters that play key roles in the biology of fear are glutamate and GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid).

Biology 52
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What Can AI Chatbots Teach Us About How Humans Learn?

ED Surge

A new book by one of those AI pioneers digs into the origins of ChatGPT and the intersection of research on how the brain works and building new large language models for AI. Listen to our conversation with Sejnowski on this week’s EdSurge Podcast, where he describes research to more fully simulate human brains.

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