Biology PD
The activities posted on this website are designed for teaching biology to high school students. For additional minds-on activities on teaching biology, see Serendip Studio - Minds-On Activities and Hands-On Activities. Please send any comments to iwaldron@upenn.edu.
We offer free Professional Development sessions for Philadelphia-area high school biology teachers and middle school life science teachers. Our next scheduled PD is described below.
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February 2024 PD
Hello Biology and Life Science Teachers,
You are invited to a free PD for high school biology teachers and middle school science teachers on Saturday, February 24, 9-12 AM. Our PD will include:
· How do mutations and natural selection affect fur color in mice? (https://serendipstudio.org/exchange/bioactivities/NaturalSelectionMice)
· What is a species? (https://serendipstudio.org/exchange/bioactivities/species)
· How does evolution result in similarities and differences? (hands-on; https://serendipstudio.org/sci_edu/waldron/#homologyanalogy)
This will be an online PD. If you plan to participate via Zoom, please register by filling out the form at https://forms.gle/KfC8ot7K1zYLeGQM9 by February 22.
We hope you will share this information with other teachers who may be interested. Please encourage interested teachers to sign up for our PD listserv so they will receive subsequent announcements. To sign up for the listserv, go to https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/biology-pd; please give a reason for signing up (so we will know you are a real person and not an automated program).
We hope to see you on February 24,
Ingrid and Lori