BioNook is Whitehead Institute’s online resource for K-12 science education. Launched during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to offer students — and parents — a virtual and engaging way to learn about science, it continues to blossom. BioNook delivers a wealth of free materials on biology and research: videos, podcasts, stories on Whitehead Institute science, and ideas for nature-based activities — plus virtual workshops offered through the BioNook After School Science Club. The newest BioNook feature is Ask-a-Scientist: Students in grades 5 through 12 submit questions, which are answered on video by a Whitehead Institute scientist. Those videos are archived online through BioNook and are often highlighted on Whitehead Institute’s social media channels. 

To view an Ask-a-Scientist video in which Brittania Moodie, technical associate in the Cheeseman lab, explains what cell division is and why it is important for scientists to understand how it works, click here.