Maintaining a Science Library
My classroom has a collection of science themed books that are not textbooks that I periodically share with my students. For example, when discussing biochemistry at the beginning …
Category: Best Practices
The Blue Bottle Demonstration
Most biology teachers must eventually accept the awful truth that they will need to include chemistry in their biology classes. For years, the only chemistry I had to worry …
Quiz over the Parts of the Microscope
Image of the microscope with a dropdown menu for labeling each of the parts: objective, revolving nosepiece, eyepiece, coarse focus, fine focus, stage, diaphragm, arm, body tube, and …
A Simple Demonstration for the Scientific Method
A simple demonstration using bromothymol blue to show students how the scientific method can be incorporated to determine why the chemical changed color after you blow into it with …
Summarizing Articles with a Framing Guide
How often do you want to share a good science article with your students? Almost every day I see something in the news related to genetics, ecology, and …
How to Put Together Your Classroom Rules
My very first day of school over twenty years ago, I received some very bad advice about classroom rules. For some reason, my education instructors at the time were …