Aliens in the Classroom: Fantastical Creatures as Tools in Teaching Biology

• Main Author: Cruz, Ronald Allan L
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2013
• Subjects: Aliens; science fiction; animals; taxonomy; evolution; Biology; Evolution; Higher Education; Science and Mathematics Education
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/53; https://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article/75/4/257/18569/Aliens-in-the-Classroom-Fantastical-Creatures-as
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Creatures from science fiction and fantasy can be used to illustrate key concepts and principles in biology. This article describes a project for a university-level general zoology course wherein the students classify, down to at least the phylum level, “animals” from the Alien Species Wiki (2013)....