The Biology Corner

Photo by: Rick Takmajian

The Biology Corner is a resource site for biology and science teachers.  It contains a variety of lessons, quizzes, labs, web quests, and information on science topics.   You can find lessons related to biology topics in the links  listed under “topics” on the sidebar.  Topics include:  Ecology, Genetics, Anatomy, Cells, Scientific Method, and Evolution.   I do not at this time have answer keys for the worksheets posted, as students use this site to access their own homework and assignments.

To see any class curriculum,  use the “classes” link on the top left.  These are pages that are organized as a sequence for the chapters covered in those particular courses:  AP Biology, Freshman Level Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, and an Introductory Physics class.    These  pages include powerpoint presentations, review guides, reading worksheets, crossword puzzles and any other specific resource I use for that chapter or unit.

You are free to use any of the worksheets and lessons for your own class, and you can even modify them for your needs.  Many of the worksheets are also available in word (.doc) format which is easier to edit for most people – check for the word icon for document downloads or print the pages as is.  Most are formatted for ease of printing.

Spotlight Lessons:

Lab Safety – illustration, identify good and bad procedures

Sponge Animals: Growing Insects – this lab grows sponge animals, graphs and calculates the growth rate (slope of line)

Plop Plop Fiz Fiz - measure the rate of dissolving in alka-seltzer tablets in both hot and cold water (a basic experiment for introducing the scientific method)

Controls and Variables - read experiment scenarios, identify controls

Worksheets:

I’ve received many requests for the old worksheets page –  The “old” worksheets page is still indexed if you want a very brief list of all the resources at http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets.html.  I’ve tried to keep this updated, but I recommend the search function if you are looking for something.  I’ve renamed many files and moved them, but I rarely delete anything.  Likely, what you are looking for is on this site somewhere.

BLOG

feed_bigMy blog pages contain useful tips and tricks for teaching various biology topics.  For now, I’m adding to it as I cover these concepts in class and discover common issues and problems students may have.    Right now, this is a work in progress and I will be building more discussions as the year progresses.  Recent posts:


Photostream

I also have been uploading pictures to Flickr to organize and keep science related images in one spot.  I’ve also got a fancy camera to hook onto a microscope, check out the Flickr Photostream to view those images.  Flickr is a great resource for organizing photos and allows me to store photos that other teachers might find useful, like the images of cheek cells and mitosis.

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