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Prepare a biodiversity survey in a park with a student sheet and a simple analysis.
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Biology & health · 44Beginner
Life Science Teacher
Teachers of life and Earth sciences.
Ecology, evolution and biodiversity, cell biology, anatomy and physiology, basic chemistry and statistics for experiments.
181hours of coursework
19weeks at 10 h
5steps
14courses
4universities
Target skills
Cell BiologyChemistryEnvironmental ScienceBiologyLife SciencesScientific MethodsAnatomyMolecular BiologyExperimentationTaxonomyMicrobiologyDemography
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Life science teacher
- Science communicator
- Biology trainer
Progression
- 1Rice UniversityBeginner
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Introduction to Biology: Ecology Beginner 18 h 4.8 (184) Introduction to Biology: Evolution Beginner 12 h 4.9 (91) Introduction to Biology: Biodiversity Beginner 23 h 4.8 (84) - 2University of Colorado BoulderBeginner
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Biology Everywhere Foundations Beginner 5 h 4.5 (249) The Little Stuff: Energy, Cells, and Genetics Beginner 6 h 4.7 (127) The Big Stuff: Evolution and Ecology Beginner 4 h 4.6 (48) Specialty Topics: Biology Across Disciplines Beginner 7 h 4.4 (43) - 3Rice UniversityIntermediate
Stated prerequisites: Some medical terminology knowledge (preferred)
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Anatomy & Physiology: Levels of Organization Intermediate 10 h 4.7 (126) Anatomy & Physiology: Support & Movement Intermediate 12 h 4.9 (34) Anatomy & Physiology: Regulation, Integration, & Control Intermediate 9 h 4.8 (36) - 4Duke UniversityBeginner
Stated prerequisites: Strong algebra foundation
- 5University of MichiganBeginnerPython, Jupyter, Matplotlib, NumPy, pandas, Seaborn, Statsmodels
Stated prerequisites: High school algebra; basic Python recommended
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Understanding and Visualizing Data with Python Beginner 20 h 4.7 (2,741) Inferential Statistical Analysis with Python Intermediate 22 h 4.6 (938) Fitting Statistical Models to Data with Python Intermediate 15 h 4.4 (718)
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Projects to build
Unit on an organ
Build three lessons on the heart or the kidney, with diagrams and assessment.
Experiment and statistics
Run a germination experiment with a class and analyse the results with a simple test.
Free textbooks
Biology 2eOpenStaxFree, CC BY 4.0
Anatomy and Physiology 2eOpenStaxFree, CC BY 4.0
Chemistry 2eOpenStaxFree, CC BY 4.0
OpenIntro StatisticsD. Diez, M. Çetinkaya-Rundel, C. BarrFree PDF