Biology: For Instructors
Streaming Videos for the Classroom
- Films on Demand: Master Academic CollectionA streaming video collection of thousands of high-quality digital programs and video clips, covering topics in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, business and economics, and health. Use Films on Demand "to search for specific video segments, organize videos into folders, and create personal playlists for others to view. You can also integrate videos directly into ... distance learning courseware." Access Note: Create a user account (free), in order to create and share customized playlists, save your favourite videos for quick access and set your default preferences, Click on Create Account or Sign In on upper right corner of screen.
Now includes the Entertainment Collection.
Free Online Biology Videos & Animations
- iBiologyiBiology's mission is to convey, in the form of open-access free videos, the excitement of modern biology and the process by which scientific discoveries are made. Collection includes talks by many Nobel Laureates and members of the United States National Academy of Sciences. Also includes educational resources.
- Biology Animation LibraryFrom Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Also see the 3-D Animation Library.
Creating a Direct/Persistent Link
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Selected Books on Teaching
Science Teaching Essentials by
Science Teaching Essentials: Short Guides to Good Practice serves as a reference manual for science faculty as they set up a new course, consider how to teach the course, figure out how to assess their students fairly and efficiently, and review and revise course materials. This book consists of a series of short chapters that instructors can use as resources to address common teaching problems and adopt evidence-based pedagogies. By providing individual chapters that can be used independently as needed, this book provides faculty with a just-in-time teaching resource they can use to draft a new syllabus. This is a must-have resource for science, health science and engineering faculty, as well as graduate students and post-docs preparing for future faculty careers.
Call Number: Q181 .B73 2019 Science LibraryISBN: 0128147024Publication Date: 2019-02-11
Empowering Underrepresented Students in Science by
Empowering Underrepresented Students in Science: STEM Students Speak chronicles the best practices of a STEM retention program for underrepresented minority students (URM) at a public university. Written mostly as an engaging series of vignettes, this story invites its audience to examine the "underbelly" of this successful program. It reveals to readers what lies at the heart of creating and sustaining a STEM retention program that is as inviting as it is vital. The program's practice of reflection helps to build students' self-efficacy and self-understanding. This book addresses the problem of merely throwing resources at a program to have it only achieve mild success. Most STEM retention/support programs offer a litany of "things" they think are necessary for students, especially traditionally underserved students, to survive in STEM. We contend that our program goes beyond merely throwing money at a need, to critically assessing the need through the lens of inclusive practices. Our program attempts to engage with the whole selves of the students we serve. Proposes a focused, strategic approach to offering support to underrepresented minority (URM) students Shares easily reproducible ways to build a STEM support program to replicate the success at UMASS AP Features an engaging, readable style with real-world applications
Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780323904704Publication Date: 2021-09-23
Exemplary College Science Teaching by Call Number: Q181 .E798 2013 Science LibraryISBN: 9781938946097Publication Date: 2013-01-01
The Art of University Teaching by Call Number: LB2331 .A78 2011 Education LibraryISBN: 9781550594119
Teaching with Emotional Intelligence by Call Number: LB1072 .M67 2012 Education LibraryISBN: 9780415571388
How to Be an Effective Teacher in Higher Education by Call Number: LB2331 .M78 2010 Education LibraryISBN: 9780335237395
Reserves for Courses
Place books on reserve for your students at the Science Library!
- Course Reserves for InstructorsInformation about course reserves and the online form for doing it!