Contemporary Biology, N100
Just-in-Time Teaching Resources

What is Biology Good For?:
Good For 1: Understanding our Molecular Selves: The Human Genome Project
Good For 2: Keeping Us Healthy During Flu Season: Flu Vaccines
Good For 3: A 'Yes or No' in Just 3 Minutes: Home Pregnancy Tests
Good For 4: Helping Life Begin: In Vitro Fertilization
Good For 5: Controlling Diabetes: Recombinant Human Insulin
Good For 6: Killing Cancer Cells: Chemotherapy Drugs
Good For 7: Boosting Red Blood Cell Production: Epogen
Good For 8: Saving Endangered Species: Cloning
Good For 9: Treating Breast Cancer: Herceptin
Good For 10: Bio-plastics: Growing plastic from plants
Good For 11: Detecting Problems Before Birth: Prenatal Diagnosis
Good For 12: Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis Through Biotechnology: ENBREL
Good For 13: Killing Weeds: RoundUp
Good For 14: Keeping Crops Insect-Free: Dipel
Good For 15: Stone-washing Jeans: Cellulases

Biology in the News
All the news discussed in class Spring Semester

Warm Ups:
Warm Up 1: Scientific Method, Evolution
Warm Up 2: Cells and Organelles
Warm Up 3: Macromolecules
Warm Up 4: DNA / Mutation
Warm Up 5: Mitosis / Chemotherapy
Warm Up 6: Meiosis / Nondisjunction
Warm Up 7: Human Embryonic Stem (hES) Cells
Warm Up 8: Mendelian Genetics
Warm Up 9: Human Genetics
Warm Up 10: Cloning/ GenEthics
Warm Up 11: Three Domains of Life
Warm Up 12: Student Study Skills in N100
Warm Up 13: Photosynthesis / Respiration
Warm Up 14: Human Population Growth / AgBiotech


See All Warm Ups on One Page

Warm Ups with Selected Student Responses:

Warm Up 1: Scientific Method, Evolution
Warm Up 2: Cells and Organelles
Warm Up 3: Macromolecules
Warm Up 4: DNA / Mutation
Warm Up 5: Mitosis / Chemotherapy
Warm Up 6: Meiosis / Nondisjunction
Warm Up 7: Human Embryonic Stem (hES) Cells
Warm Up 8: Mendelian Genetics
Warm Up 9: Human Genetics
Warm Up 10: Cloning/ GenEthics
Warm Up 11: Three Domains of Life
Warm Up 12: Student Study Skills in N100
Warm Up 13: Photosynthesis / Respiration
Warm Up 14: Human Population Growth / AgBiotech


Other:

Just-In-Time Teaching
Overview of Just-in-Time Teaching
The WebScience Project at IUPUI

For JiTT Chautauqua Workshop:
Scoring Rubric for Warm Ups: Student Responses
Analysis of Student Responses, Warm Up 13 (Cellular Respiration)
Analysis of Student Responses, Warm Up 5 (Mitosis)

For more pages on Just-In-Time Teaching in Biology, see: