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Teaching Modern Science: Bringing CRISPR and Real-World Biology Into Your Classroom
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Presented by Dr. Ken Miller, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Brown University
Sponsored by Savvas Learning Company
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Advances in genetics like CRISPR, mRNA vaccines, and gene editing are transforming modern biology—and showing up in the world your students experience every day! Yet many teachers find that while these topics are engaging, they can be difficult to translate into clear, teachable lessons that fit within the time and structure of a real classroom. How can we bring these exciting new technologies into today’s classrooms?
In this edWebinar, Dr. Ken Miller, co-author of the nation’s most widely used high school biology program, explains how these powerful technologies work, how they are already being used to treat diseases once thought untreatable, and how they connect directly to the core concepts you already teach.
Viewers gain practical strategies for bringing real-world science topics like genetics into everyday instruction, along with classroom-ready approaches that make complex topics more accessible without adding to teacher workload. View this session to:
- Build a clear, classroom-ready understanding of CRISPR, mRNA, and genetic engineering
- Connect modern genetic technologies to core biology concepts and standards
- Walk away with plug-and-play examples for teaching NGSS-aligned lessons for modern science topics like genetics
All educators interested in high school science—especially classroom teachers, curriculum directors, instructional leaders, and school and district administrators—are encouraged to view this edWebinar.
About the Presenter
Ken Miller, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. A prolific author, his research work on cellular membranes has been published in journals such as Cell, Nature, the Journal of Cell Biology and Scientific American, while his popular books include Finding Darwin‘s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution and most recently The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will. Dr. Miller’s honors include the Public Service Award from the American Society for Cell Biology, the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Biology Teachers, the AAAS Award for Public Engagement with Science, the Stephen Jay Gould Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Laetare Medal from Notre Dame University.
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