Characterizing the development of students’ ability to ask questions in an inquiry-oriented program in biology	Prof. Anat Yarden
Developing scientific literacy through reading and writing of scientific texts	Prof. Anat Yarden
Cancer as a biological phenomenon	Dr. Haskel Ittah Michal, Livni Alcasid Gur Arie
Learning Genetics On the Fly	Dr. Haskel Ittah Michal
Exploring biology teachers’ professional knowledge	Prof. Anat Yarden
Integrating scientific practices with biological content	Prof. Anat Yarden
Problem solving in biology and biotechnology: The use of bioinformatics tools and databases	Prof. Anat Yarden, Dr. Yossy Machluf
National Center for Biology and Environmental Science Teachers	Prof. Anat Yarden – Academic Adviser Dr. Cipy Hofman – Coordinator of Biological Communities Dr. Karin Halevi – Member of the staff of the National Center and material developer Dr. Gilat Brill – Editor of the Bulletin for Biology Teachers Adi Poyarkov – Site Management Team
Problem solving in biology and biotechnology: The use of bioinformatics tools and databases	Prof. Anat Yarden, Dr. Yossy Machluf
Collective reasoning around texts across disciplines towards deliberative democracy ISF Center of Excellence	Prof. Anat Yarden, Dr. Dr. Brill Gilat, Eran Zafrani
PARRISE – Promoting Attainment of Responsible Research and Innovation in Science Education	Prof. Anat Yarden,  Eran Zafrani, Dr. Rachel Cohen, Dr. Yossy Machluf

Active projects

Prof. Jordan Anat’s research group

• National Center for Biology and Environmental Science Teachers
• Collective reasoning around texts across disciplines towards deliberative democracy ISF Center of Excellence
• PeTeL – Personalized Teaching and Learning Teaching and learning evolution using a cultural competence approach Students’ understanding of the nature of evolution
• Evolution: Difficulties in Teaching and Learning of Evolution
• Biology Communities

Dr. Hashakel-Itach Michal’s research group

• Cancer as a biological phenomenon
• Characterization of mechanistic thinking in elementary school
• Characterization of mechanistic information about CoronaVirus in the public media and its effect on laypeople understanding

Completed project

Prof. Jordan Anat’s research group

• Characterizing the development of students’ ability to ask questions in an inquiry-oriented program in biology
• Developing scientific literacy through reading and writing of scientific texts
• Exploring biology teachers’ professional knowledge
• Integrating scientific practices with biological content
• Problem solving in biology and biotechnology: The use of bioinformatics tools and databases
• Problem solving in biology and biotechnology: The use of bioinformatics tools and databases
• PARRISE – Promoting Attainment of Responsible Research and Innovation in Science Education

Dr. Hashakel-Itach Michal’s research group

• Learning Genetics On the Fly