WELCOME TO THE TRAINING MODULE
FOR CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BIOLOGY

There has never been a more exciting yet challenging time to teach science, particularly biological science. Each day our newspapers and newsmagazines contain extraordinary new discoveries in biological science. The challenge for biology teachers is to keep up with these exciting discoveries and to bring this excitement into their classrooms.

This module was developed by Dr. Ray Drenner (Biology Department) and Dr. Molly Weinburgh (School of Education) at Texas Christian University and is based on a course designed and implemented for non-biology majors in 1999. Funds for the development and dissemination of Contemporary Issues in Biology: A Module for Teacher Training were provide by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Education Agency.