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BIOLOGY COURSE: INNOVATING THROUGH BIOLOGY FOR REAL-WORLD IMPACT
This course invites high school students to become real-world problem solvers using the tools and knowledge of biology. By investigating pressing issues such as climate change, public health, and food security, students explore biological concepts and apply them through hands-on projects, innovation challenges, and community presentations. The course emphasizes interdisciplinary learning, teamwork, creativity, and reflection, helping students master scientific content while also growing as thoughtful, capable changemakers in their communities.
CourseBy Nikki Wallace
Biomimetic Biology: Innovation and Design Through Nature
This interdisciplinary course integrates biology, biomimicry, and systems thinking to address real-world challenges while aligning with Tennessee Biology standards. Using Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson as a framework, students explore natureinspired innovation through hands-on projects, interdisciplinary collaboration, and community engagement. Topics include ecological resilience, human systems, energy transfer, genetic engineering, and public health.
CourseBy Nikki Wallace
COURSE PREVIEW: Innovating through Biology for Real-World Impact
Empowering students to apply biological knowledge and skills to address local and global challenges through project-based learning and inquiry, this course supports XQ Competencies and aligns with NGSS. Students are invited to become real-world problem solvers, investigating issues such as climate change, public health, and food security. They apply biological concepts through hands-on projects, innovation challenges, and community presentations. The course emphasizes interdisciplinary learning, teamwork, creativity, and reflection, helping students master scientific content while growing as thoughtful changemakers. Course Overview and Structure: Unit 1: Cultivating Tomorrow – Biology and Food Justice Unit 2: Community Immunity – Biology and Global Health Unit 3: Environmental Engineers – Tackling ecological challenges Unit 4: NeuroNature – Designing biomimetic systems inspired by the brain and genetics
CourseBy Nikki Wallace
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