IBI Prize
IBI Prize Results
View the winning modules of the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction (IBI).
The Mars Student Imaging Project, an IBI prize–winning module, provides student access to NASA scientists and spacecraft data.
Genomics Explorers, an IBI prize–winning module, engages students with bioinformatics and molecular research.
Show your students the face of a baby chimpanzee, and they will be startled and amazed by how human she is.
Before he became America’s first de facto science adviser, Vannevar Bush was a professor of Electrical Engineering and, eventually, dean of Engineering and vice president at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Macroscopic organisms, even when healthy, harbor diverse microorganisms that influence their development, physiology, and fitness.
With ~36,000 students enrolled, the University of North Texas is the fourth largest state university in Texas.
The use of scientific inquiry in studying plant growth is perhaps as old as agriculture itself.
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology stresses the importance of adoption of empirically validated instructional practices, such as inquiry-based laboratory experiences, in higher education .
Case It! (www.caseitproject.org) originated at the 1995 BioQUEST Summer Workshop and has developed over the years into an effective system for case-based learning useful for both high school and university educators.
Imagine an undergraduate research project where students are given samples of an uncharacterized plant species.