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Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities

Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.

Diversity, essential to all biological systems

"Diversity is neither incidental nor detrimental. It is, instead,essential to the success of any biological entity."

Diversity and Discovery Institute 1998

Discussions of the importance of diversity are frequently couched in terms of fairness and equity. While fairness and equity are important matters, another important aspect of diversity is frequently neglected: the idea that diversity is of value in and of itself, that differences among people are inherently valuable, and so communities should not just tolerate but actively encourage in its members diversity and an appreciation of the value of diversity. This section of Serendip is intended to provide resources which highlight this perspective on diversity.

Serendip Resources

Diversity and Deviance - A Biological Perspective - an article
Diversity and Discovery Institute 1998 - a K-16 collaboration
Diversity and Discovery Institute 2000 - a K-16 collaboration
Diversity and Discovery in the Classroom - a 1998 workshop
Diversity and Discovery in the Classroom: Exploring Education as Exploration - a 1999 workshop
Bell Curve: Issues of Individuality and Education - letter to the editor
The Two Cultures - a conversation
Building Two-Way Bridges: A Conversation about Gender and Science
Trust in Diversity and Exchange - an organization facilitating encouragement of diversity
Serendip's Evolving Web Principles
Serendip's Credo on Education and Technology
Biology - a subject resource
Brain and Behavior - a subject resource
Genes, Brains, and Behavior - a subject resource

Resources Elsewhere

Test Yourself for Hidden Bias, from Tolerance.org
The National Forum on People's Differences
Faith Ringgold's Racial Questions - What would it be like to wake up white/black in America?

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