STEMs in the Garden

When the nonprofit REAL School Garden introduced school gardens to 90 elementary schools, they saw increases of 12-15% in students' standardized test scores, with the largest gains in science. While your students may have outgrown their elementary days, the advantages…

Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2024

If you didn't already know, Edvotek has an extensive library of biotechnology training videos to help with teacher preparation and student learning. Here is the list of the top 10 videos of 2024, from 10 to one. Click the image…

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024: Breakthroughs in Protein Science

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker for computational protein design and Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for protein structure prediction. These researchers utilized computational biochemistry to further our understanding of proteins, the essential molecules…

The Magnetic Microbiome

All animals contain bacteria within them that makes up an organism's microbiome. Researchers are investigating bacteria to understand how animals navigate using Earth’s magnetic field. It is thought that migratory animals can sense the Earth's magnetic field in order to…