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Organization of Life

Student uses a pipet to extract DNA with other students looking on.

Fish Market Survey

Senior biology students use a DNA barcoding kit to test local grocery store fish samples, and discover if the fish they bought is mislabeled and part of food fraud!

Tomatosphere

Tomatosphere™

Through Tomatosphere™, your students will investigate the effects of outer space on the germination of tomato seeds. This is a hands-on program that builds scientific inquiry and experimentation skills.

starliner spacesuit testing

Living Space

Students will measure environmental conditions such as temperature, CO2, and relative humidity in their classroom and submit the data to a national database.

Mahesh Rachamalla in his lab wearing white lab coat

Mahesh Rachamalla (he/him)

Graduate Student (Toxicology)

My research will help find solutions for protecting aquatic species from the effects of heavy metals.
Bee on flower

Can you artificially pollinate a flower?

Design and build an artificial pollinator.

Illustration of an empty box with a question mark

Let's Talk Misinformation: Resources

Discover a set of resources to get you thinking about misinformation and its spread in advance of the symposium Let's Talk Misinformation.

Vegetables and fruits on display

Plant Pigments

Why are there so many colours of plants? Learn about plant pigments and their role in plants.

Pepper plants on the ISS

Tropisms in Plants

Learn about the different ways that plants move in response to their environments.

Seedling with sunlight

Light & Plants

Learn about the process of photosynthesis and how it is affected by light levels.

Plant Cells with Visible Chloroplasts

Specialized Cells of the Leaf System

Learn about the structure and function of the cells in leaves.

Medical equipment used to check homeostasis

Introduction to Homeostasis and Regulation

Learn about homeostasis and how the body regulates temperature, blood pressure, blood pH and blood sugar.

3D Illustration of human lungs

Respiratory System in Vertebrate Animals

Learn about how different animals breathe, from fish to humans.

Tomatoes of different shapes, sizes and colours

Tomato Taxonomy

A look at the taxonomic classification of the tomato plant and the origin, history and development of tomatoes.

Research in a genomics lab

Genomics Resources

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to genomics.