Building on the popularity of the “CSI” television programs, the Interactive Virtual Intelligent System for Scientific Inquiry in a Biology Learning Environment (INVISSIBLE) will involve students by having them investigate a murder crime scene, the Thomas Jefferson-Sally Hemings genealogy debate, and the origin theory of Homo sapiens.

      “We want students to learn that there are different ways of applying a scientific method,” said Brian P. Butz, director of ISAC and principal investigator on the NSF grant. [more]