Foundations track

Foundations

The prerequisite layer. Cellular biology, ecosystems, scientific literacy, chemistry, statistics, and how research actually happens.

6Modules
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F1
What Life Is
Every cell in your body is descended, in an unbroken chain, from a single original cell that lived about 3.5 billion years ago.
F2
Ecosystems
Every bite of food you've ever eaten was once sunlight.
F3
Reading Science
In 2015, a group of researchers tried to replicate 100 published psychology studies.
F4
Chemistry
Water is one of the strangest substances in the universe.
F5
Data & Biology
In 1998, a single small study with 12 children was published in The Lancet.
F6
How Research Happens
The scientific method you were taught in elementary school does not describe how science actually works.
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