Hhmi: Bio Interactive: How We Get Our Skin Color Interactive

Skin color is controlled by at least six genes. Young scientists learn about skin colors through a documentary. They discuss the topics of pigment, natural selection, and vitamin D absorption. They apply their knowledge to higher order...

Rainbow science anyone? learners put the color specturm, frequency, light waves, and wavelengths into a light speed context. They use algebraic formulas to determine the speed of each light wave length. A great way to connect math and...

An interesting set of details about the light spectrum, these slides explain how objects reflect and absorb light to affect how they appear to the human eye. The differences in mixing lights or pigments is explained and some everyday...

I can see your epidermis. A short video shows how we get our skin color. It explains how melanocyte cells in the epidermis produce melanin, and that the type and amount of melanin controls skin color.

Coloring pages showcase microbes—bacteria, viruses, and protists. Scholars have the option to download a coloring book and scavenger hunt or color the page directly on the computer. Three paragraphs describe each microbe. 

Discover how birds descended from dinosaurs. Learn about the evidence scientist are uncovering to find out about the origin of birds. Throughout the video, there are embedded quiz modules that test students' understanding. [18:59]

Did you know parts of our body was inherited from distant animal ancestors? In this interactive students will investigate different anatomical features of the human body to reveal our evolutionary history. Learn how humans share...

Classroom resources paired with a thirteen-minute video highlight how scientists discovered the evolutionary history of an Antarctic icefish by studying its genome.

Four decades of research on finch species that live only on the Galapagos Islands illuminate how species form and multiply. [15:54] An interactive version of the video with embedded questions for students is available through a link in...

This curriculum guide assists in filtering through the vast available resources from BioInteractive and HHMI and organizes the material according to various topics related to DNA, including DNA structure, replication, and repair.