Artful Biology Projects

by: Megan Hall

Bolster students' confidence in science through two art-based biology projects described in this article.These successful projects were used in a 10th-grade biology class and focus on immunology and human evolution. Immunology, a complex and often inaccessible topic, lends itself to a guided inquiry lesson in which students receive specific direction regarding the nature and content of their projects. Students completing artwork related to human evolution explored the subject via an open inquiry format.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2005Stock # tst05_072_01_26Volume 072Issue 01

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