More than 1,522 peer-reviewed educational resources were recently added to the BiosciEdNet (BEN) portal, bringing the total number of items to 8,277. Educators will find a variety of new and effective teaching resources, including lessons, laboratory exercises, journals, multimedia, and online interactive pages. The twenty newest resources are posted here. Two of our most […]

Today in History – January 28, 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after launch, killing the entire crew. American’s stared in shock at their televisions watching the Challenger accident in full motion video. The 35th Challenger’s flight had been previously scheduled for January 22, but delayed because of bad weather, high winds and […]

“Last month I used the video Plate Tectonics: An Introduction  as a reinforcement after learning about Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift,” reports Michelle Lane of The Roeper School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.  “Then we used the interactive map at Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes  as part of a small group thinking/ problem-solving activity. The students […]

Today in History – December 20, 1986 – First federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King. Through fifteen years of the persistent efforts of Congress Members John Conyers (Michigan), Shirley Chisholm (New York) and an army of other supports, Martin Luther King Day legislation was passed in 1983. A number of changes were required […]