Category: Best Practices

Looking for some interesting way to introduce the scientific method? Many textbooks start …

Students examine a phylogenetic tree which has questions for them to discover how …

This  exit ticket is a twitter-inspired template.  Students can chose from one of …

Are you looking for current science for your students?   This is a list …

Avoid paying for expensive lesson plan books by just printing your own from …

In order to review for final exams and to also tie together the …

The CER framework can be a strategy for students to improve their writing …

If you teach a class that requires students to memorize information, then you …

My classroom has a collection of science themed books that are not textbooks …

Most biology teachers must eventually accept the awful truth that they will need …

A simple demonstration using bromothymol blue to show students how the scientific method …

How often do you want to share a good science article with your …

The new Advanced Placement Biology curriculum includes a few topics on statistical analysis …

Probably one of the strangest of all the Next Generation Science Standards is …

I was in the market for a new digital scale, mainly for the …

Most evolution units start with a history of evolutionary thought, where scientists of …

Many biology classes still use dissections as a way for students to learn …

Evolution can be a subject that causes stress for some teachers because they …

Students will likely forget a good portion of all the details they learn …

I was out for a day last week and left a case study …

It is the beginning of class, a lab report is due and students …

I have written before about the value of having students write as a …