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14 Teaching Grants You Can Use for Technology in Your Life Sciences Class

Are you a life sciences educator looking for grants for technology equipment in your higher ed classroom? We’ve rounded up 14 eligible grants for you…
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A Guide to Applying for Education Grants: How to Get Money for Your STEM Classroom

In 2024, higher education budgets are shrinking. One way to deal with these budget restrictions is to apply for grant funding, which can be used for training, travel, research, and equipment, including technology. We've put together a small guide to help you get started with grant writing for education.
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A hub for life sciences education: Join the ADI: Educator Community on LinkedIn!

Our refreshed group on LinkedIn is a hub for life sciences education in #highered, where you can share resources, ask questions, get feedback, and build meaningful relationships - across campus and across the globe!
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Talking Teaching: Active learning strategies to use in the lab and online

Use situated cognition and the cognitive apprenticeship model to involve students in deep learning.
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Congratulations to Dr. Bridget Ford - Winner of the 2024 ADInstruments Macknight Innovative Educator Award!

Dr. Bridget Ford has won the 2024 ADInstruments Macknight Innovative Educator Award! Learn more about how she plans to utilize the award to build out an upper-division anatomy and physiology lab at University of the Incarnate Word.
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How to use this pediatric asthma clinical case study in your nursing course

Dr. Andrew O’Malley discusses the importance of clinical cases to nursing education and shares how to use our new pediatric asthma case study to teach your nursing students about childhood asthma.
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New Video: Discover improved data sampling and analysis in Lt

Watch Tim Wright, Instructional Design Specialist, share how we've improved data collection and analysis in Lt for your students.
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How to support nontraditional students in an anatomy or physiology course

We speak with Dr. Silvia Smith and Dr. Crystal Walline of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke about how they teach complex anatomy and physiology to students with busy lives.
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New for physiology educators: Take a look inside our new Auditory System Mini Lab...

Looking to fill gaps in your physiology curriculum in a no-stress way, fast? Use a Mini Lab! In our new mini lab on the auditory system, students use a tuning fork to assess how we perceive sound via air and bone, and then determine their hearing threshold for various sound frequencies.
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How to use inclusive language when teaching physiology

Join one of our instructional designers, Vicky, as she shares resources for teaching in a more inclusive way and driving positive social change.
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How to teach homeostasis: 7 ways

Homeostasis is a crucial concept in the study of physiology. Here are 7 ways to teach homeostasis in your physiology courses.
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Teach them a lesson they'll never forget! The Cold Pressor Test...

Use this free experimental protocol to have your students activate their sympathetic nervous system via the cold pressor test! Investigate the effect of cold water on blood pressure, heart rate, and pulse amplitude.
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Lighting the 'science spark' by using Lt for assessment: "students love it!"

“I decided I was going to change this essay because it was just boring. It was what everybody had done forever and ever and ever.”