Sentences with phrase «to teach biology»

Until then he'd been teaching biology at the university here.

The district recently started teaching biology in 9th grade, but students struggled more with the subject than expected.

This could be like asking someone to teach biology without mentioning biochemistry.

I was relieved to find that she was not teaching biology.

«The ed school courses I took at Sacramento State didn't at all prepare me for what I got myself into,» says Michelle Maranta, an HIV researcher at the bio-tech firm Genentech who taught biology for one semester at a low - income school in South San Francisco before returning to the company.

This full - day workshop covers human genetics content and pedagogies for faculty who teach biology courses that have significant genetics content.

This study focused on professors teaching biology in Arizona, which is listed in a 2013 Gallup poll as being in the lower one - third of religious states in the U.S..

For people like Moctezuma, whose focus is on teaching biology courses to nonmajors, there is no well - trod career path, but most people with a focus on such teaching share a desire to promote scientific literacy.

Realizing that teaching is a demanding occupation, I have enrolled myself in 4 different teacher training courses in the past, 3 of which were focused on teaching biology as a subject.

It's amazing that we seem to be going backwards in this regard, which, ironically, is largely the fault of the broken education system that has set such a low standard for teachers that it is common place to see a young earth creationist teaching biology classes.

Its author teaches biology and anthropology at Binghamton University and has written previously on the evolutionary significance of altruism, among other topics.

She also has extensive experience teaching biology and chemistry at the secondary level in Michigan, Massachusetts, and Virginia.

His recent appointment to Brown is his second at the institution after teaching biology there from 1983 to 1991, and it marks the beginning of another chapter in his lifelong pursuit of knowledge.

Dr. Roy has been an instructor of record teaching biology at UC - Irvine.

He received his PhD in neuroscience from Columbia University, where he also taught biology, chemistry, and science writing.

Elena Tartaglia, a 2005 graduate who now teaches biology at Bergen Community College in New Jersey, recalled one Campbell poem about worms that rhymed monoecious - which means an organism with both male and female characteristics - with specious.

Zook says one of the challenges with adopting high school science standards is that states don't require schools teach biology, chemistry and physical science in the same order.

Julie teachs biology and other sciences and she works with other teachers as part of a collaborative team.

Keeping her hand in science education, Dawn teaches biology part - time at a local community college.

«I have been teaching biology for 22 years, and I have never had students understand the structures, relationships, and orientations of the organs with the same clarity as when they used virtual reality.»

The protagonist, Lena, teaches biology at Johns Hopkins.

In a first - of - its kind study, scientists from ASU School of Life Sciences have found that a majority of professors teaching biology in Arizona universities do not believe that helping students accept the theory of evolution is an instructional goal.

Eric Greiner, who has been teaching biology in the Pennsylvania public school system for six years, is a practicing Christian, and does not believe in human evolution.

He artfully draws readers into a particular moment, be it his attempt to teach a biology class about moss or the recounting of a spirited conversation with an archaeologist in New Mexico.

At the September workshop, the teachers became the students as they read a research article under the guidance of Sally Hoskins, a professor at City College of New York who studies such educational methods and teaches biology courses that use primary literature in lieu of traditional textbooks.

Irene Ornovitz, who teaches biology and botany at Jonathan Dayton High School, in Springfield, New Jersey, has used a number of CIESE units, including ones on air pollution and population growth, as well as a collaborative project on human genetics.

He created hedge funds, taught himself biology and, after earning a BA at Baruch College in New York City, began hedge funds investing in biotech.

I teach biology at a private university.

Not to mention, a school has as much place teaching religious concepts as a church has teaching biology.

I think you should sue everyone who attempted to teach you biology.

Why is a physics professor teaching biology?

I doubt many biologists are qualified to teach physics, there is no mention of this guy's qualifications to teach biology.

Born in Wilkes - Barre, Pa., to Italian - immigrant parents, Pulieri studied biology and medicine in college, and taught biology, general science and chemistry from 1965 to 1970.

I had convinced myself that fish are only kind of animals (Don't ask me how I managed to hold that belief; I taught myself biology.)

Educators can use a school garden or cooking program to teach biology, chemistry, social studies, language arts, and geography.

Petersen, who joined the faculty of the two - year college in Glen Ellyn in 1983, teaches biology and zoology.

In addition, if the homeschool curriculum takes a particular approach, such as being literature or text - based, it may not be the best approach for teaching biology or chemistry, which are lab - based sciences.

He taught biology and environmental studies, then was appointed to a new position of ombudsman, where he helped students deal with the issues of the time — war, drugs, and unrest.

She applied and was hired to teach biology and chemistry.

He then moved to San Diego with his wife, Leslie, a nurse practitioner, to work at an inner - city high school, where he taught biology, chemistry, and general science.

For instance, those with a background in material sciences may opt to teach physics, chemistry, or science while those from the biological sciences may opt to teach biology, chemistry, and physics.

She teaches biology at Dine College on the Navajo Nation and is a Ph.D. candidate in Biology at the University of New Mexico, where she is studying the ecology of acequias (community irrigation systems) in northern New Mexico.

When I looked for a good place to teach biology, I found the DNA Learning Center.

Soon, he teaches biology at Indiana University and meets and weds a student of his named Clara (Laura Linney).

and never having taught the biology / chemistry course, I really didn't feel comfortable questioning the vision behind it.

Tracy Sheehan, who teaches biology and bioethics both for VHS and at Westborough High School, in Westborough, Massachusetts, says she hears from students online who would probably remain silent in class, especially when teaching bioethics.

Whether you teach biology, history, or language arts, the Web is a rich and ever - growing resource, with curriculum ideas for integrating environmental issues into lesson plans.