Life Sciences | Projects

The purpose of the project is to promote scientific literacy and mathematical literacy, as well as to establish the combination...

Leading team: Prof. Anat Yarden Dr. Bat Shahar Dorfman Dina Bartov

The Dialogus project is aimed at promoting dialogic learning and teaching among middle school students in Israel. Dialogic...

Leading team: Prof. Anat Yarden Dr. Eran Zafrani

As of 2016, the topic of evolution has been a part of the biology curriculum in high schools and of the science and technology...

Leading team: Dr. Merav Siani Prof. Anat Yarden

Biology teacher communities are a place for sharing an innovative and creative thinking about difficulties and challenges in teaching...

Leading team: Prof. Anat Yarden - Head of the Department of Science Teaching Dr. Cipy Hofman - Coordinator of the biology teachers PLC Dr. Ohad Levkovich - Director of National Center of Biology teachers Dr. Moria Ariely- Moderator of the leading teachers’ community Rivka Misgav - Moderator of the leading teachers’ community

The National Center for High School Biology Teachers was founded in 1994, and since 2014 it is operated and managed by the Department...

Leading team: Dr. Ohad Levkovich – Center manager Prof. Anat Yarden - Academic Adviser

PeTeL Biology is an online environment tailored for high school biology studies. The primary goal of the PeTeL environment is...

Leading team: Dr. Moriah Ariely Prof. Anat Yarden

This project aims to improve cancer literacy via cancer education. Our group is developing interactive instructional materials...

Leading team: Dr. Haskel Ittah Michal Gur Arie Livni Alcasid

This project aims to characterize the way in which biological mechanisms are presented in public media and the way laypeople understand...

Leading team: Dr. Michal Haskel-Ittah Shanny Mishal

This project aims to track the first signs of biological mechanistic reasoning in elementary school students. Through interviews...

Leading team: Dr. Michal Haskel Ittah