Ask A Biologist: Biology Learning Materials
Welcome to Ask A Biologist!
This site has a large collection of biology learning materials that includes stories, games, activities, videos, and a podcast.
Ask A Biologist began in 1997 in the School of Life Sciences as a biology learning resource tool for students, teachers, parents, and life-long learners. The site continues to be developed, and maintained by a dedicated group of volunteers. Ask A Biologist is visited, on average, over 45,000 times each day and has answered more than 40,000 biology questions. During its 23 plus years the website has been visited over 100 million times. This is a SafeSurf site(link is external).
Who should use Ask A Biologist?
Anyone is welcome to use Ask A Biologist. Keep in mind that it is intended primarily to serve grades preK-12, and to be available as a resource for teachers and parents. We also find that life-long learners enjoy many of the content areas on our website and encourage anyone interested in biology to make use of its content. As always, ASU faculty and staff will be accessible through email to their students.
What Ask A Biologist does not do
Ask A Biologist is not intended to answer questions for post-secondary students (college and university level students). However, teachers are highly encouraged to use the site, whether they are involved in preK-12 classes or not, and to send us their feedback.
Bite-sized Biology Concept Cards
This set of bits will teach you about the tiny insects that can work together to accomplish big things: ants.
This set of bits will teach you about life in and out of the colony for insects that are very important to humans: bees.
This set of bits will teach you about one set of categories we use to describe the world around us: biomes.
This set of bits will teach you about one of the ways we get information from the world around us: by seeing color.
This set of bits will teach you about the system that senses the world around you and controls your body: your nervous system.
This set of bits will teach you about the many ways birds use one of their finest features: feathers.
This set of bits will teach you about the set of changes insects and some other animals experience during development: metamorphosis.
This set of bits will teach you about the tiny world on which life depends: the parts inside a cell.
This set of bits will teach you about the tiny pieces that you are made of: your very own cells.
This set of bits will teach you about the main organ system that gives your body its shape: bones.
This set of bits will teach you about the process plants use to make their own food: photosynthesis.
The Bird Finder tool can help you identify that mystery bird in your backyard.
Body Depot is a collection of activities and materials created in collaboration with with the Arizona Science Center.
While you play and experiment you can also learn about proteins, the tiny building blocks that make all living things work.
Monsters, plants, and even humans have an instruction manual for building and making their bodies work.
Viral Attack is a fun way to learn how the immune system works.
We need our bones to walk, run, jump and move, but this is not all they do.
Your goal is to discover the cause of a foodborne illness outbreak.
In this story, you will see how good bacteria, antibiotics, and new technologies help keep the bad guys from taking over the body.
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Welcome to Ask A Biologist!
This site has a large collection of biology learning materials that includes stories, games, activities, videos, and a podcast.
Ask A Biologist began in 1997 in the School of Life Sciences as a biology learning resource tool for students, teachers, parents, and life-long learners. The site continues to be developed, and maintained by a dedicated group of volunteers. Ask A Biologist is visited, on average, over 45,000 times each day and has answered more than 40,000 biology questions. During its 23 plus years the website has been visited over 100 million times. This is a SafeSurf site(link is external).
Who should use Ask A Biologist?
Anyone is welcome to use Ask A Biologist. Keep in mind that it is intended primarily to serve grades preK-12, and to be available as a resource for teachers and parents. We also find that life-long learners enjoy many of the content areas on our website and encourage anyone interested in biology to make use of its content. As always, ASU faculty and staff will be accessible through email to their students.
What Ask A Biologist does not do
Ask A Biologist is not intended to answer questions for post-secondary students (college and university level students). However, teachers are highly encouraged to use the site, whether they are involved in preK-12 classes or not, and to send us their feedback.
Bite-sized Biology Concept Cards
This set of bits will teach you about the tiny insects that can work together to accomplish big things: ants.
This set of bits will teach you about life in and out of the colony for insects that are very important to humans: bees.
This set of bits will teach you about one set of categories we use to describe the world around us: biomes.
This set of bits will teach you about one of the ways we get information from the world around us: by seeing color.
This set of bits will teach you about the system that senses the world around you and controls your body: your nervous system.
This set of bits will teach you about the many ways birds use one of their finest features: feathers.
This set of bits will teach you about the set of changes insects and some other animals experience during development: metamorphosis.
This set of bits will teach you about the tiny world on which life depends: the parts inside a cell.
This set of bits will teach you about the tiny pieces that you are made of: your very own cells.
This set of bits will teach you about the main organ system that gives your body its shape: bones.
This set of bits will teach you about the process plants use to make their own food: photosynthesis.
The Bird Finder tool can help you identify that mystery bird in your backyard.
Body Depot is a collection of activities and materials created in collaboration with with the Arizona Science Center.
While you play and experiment you can also learn about proteins, the tiny building blocks that make all living things work.
Monsters, plants, and even humans have an instruction manual for building and making their bodies work.
Viral Attack is a fun way to learn how the immune system works.
We need our bones to walk, run, jump and move, but this is not all they do.
Your goal is to discover the cause of a foodborne illness outbreak.
In this story, you will see how good bacteria, antibiotics, and new technologies help keep the bad guys from taking over the body.
