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Specialty Topics: Biology Across Disciplines
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 12 hours
  • Course by University of Colorado Boulder
  • Offered by

About

In this course, we will explore the applicability and relationship of biology to the arts, business, and psychology. First, we’ll discuss art as a foundational practice to biology and how biology as a science can explain how we interact with the arts, in particular, our experiences making and listening to music. Next, we will discuss the business of biology and how research is funded and the process of clinical trials and human subjects research. Then we will examine two topics at the interface of psychology and biology: (1) human development from conception to adulthood, and (2) how cognition influences how we make decisions about biological issues and best practices for evaluating biological evidence in light of what we know about how we use evidence to make decisions. We will close with a discussion of education and why evidence-based education is important for promoting overall science literacy.

Modules

Module 1 Main Track Content

    • 4 Videos
    • 5 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
    • 1 Plugin
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1 Peer Review

  • Infographic

4 Videos

  • Course 4 Introduction
  • Art as Foundational to Biology
  • Art to communicate Biology
  • The STEAM movement

5 Readings

  • Please Read About Peer Reviews
  • Art as Foundational to Biology #1
  • Art as Foundational to Biology #2
  • Physiology of Music
  • Physiology of Music TED-Ed video

Module 1 Honors Track Content

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Lesson Plan

Module 2 Main Track Content

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Module 2

1 Videos

  • How does biological research work?

3 Readings

  • New perspectives on funding research TED Talk video
  • Human Subject Research and Clinical Trials
  • How Clinical Trials Work video

Module 3 Main Track Content

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Plugin
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module 3

1 Discussions

  • Research on your own

3 Videos

  • In the beginning...
  • Tiny Humans
  • The Fountain of Youth

3 Readings

  • Optional: The Marshmallow Test video
  • Adolescence
  • TED-Talk video

Module 3 Honors Track Content

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Lesson Plan

Module 4 Main Track Content

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Examining Biology in the News

2 Videos

  • Epistemological beliefs about science
  • Application: Evaluating Biology in the News

2 Readings

  • Motivated Reasoning Video 1
  • Motivated Reasoning Video 2

Module 4 Honors Track Content

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Lesson Plan

Module 5 Main Track Content

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Reflection activity

1 Videos

  • Closing thoughts

1 Readings

  • Attitudes

End of Course Post-Assessment

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Biology Everywhere Post-Assessment

Module 5 Honors Track Content

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Chat with your peers

1 Readings

  • Graduate Teacher Education Credit Process
Melanie Peffer
Instructor

Melanie Peffer