If you teach a class that requires students to memorize information, then you …
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I have used this demonstration every year to introduce the scientific method. The …
Demo: BTB and Carbon Dioxide
My classroom has a collection of science themed books that are not textbooks …
Maintaining a Science Library
Most biology teachers must eventually accept the awful truth that they will need …
The Blue Bottle Demonstration
Image of the microscope with a dropdown menu for labeling each of the …
Quiz over the Parts of the Microscope
A simple demonstration using bromothymol blue to show students how the scientific method …
A Simple Demonstration for the Scientific Method
How often do you want to share a good science article with your …
Summarizing Articles with a Framing Guide
My very first day of school over twenty years ago, I received some …
How to Put Together Your Classroom Rules
The new Advanced Placement Biology curriculum includes a few topics on statistical analysis …
Chi Square Analysis
Probably one of the strangest of all the Next Generation Science Standards is …
NGSS and Feedback Loops
The cell is a staple of any biology course, usually the chapter comes …
What Does NGSS Say About Cells?
I was in the market for a new digital scale, mainly for the …
Precision Versus Accuracy
Most evolution units start with a history of evolutionary thought, where scientists of …
Teaching Evolution Using Animal Models
Many science teachers have classroom specimens (or pets) to serve as model organisms, …
Top 10 Classroom Pets
Many biology classes still use dissections as a way for students to learn …
How to Improve Engagement with Dissections
Evolution can be a subject that causes stress for some teachers because they …
Spotlight Lessons – Evolution
At the NSTA Conference in Chicago last year, I had the pleasure of …
Your Inner Fish – Video from HHMI
Students will likely forget a good portion of all the details they learn …
Science and Engineering Practice 4: Analyzing and interpreting data
I was out for a day last week and left a case study …
Is Group Work Really Effective?
During the cell unit of Advanced Placement biology, students are required to do …
How to Make Group Activities and Grading Fair
It is the beginning of class, a lab report is due and students …
How to Use Google Docs to Leverage Student Engagement
I have written before about the value of having students write as a …
Guide to Explanatory Writing in Science
It’s the first day of school and your students are just arriving to …
How to Create Your Classroom Seating Chart
Last year, I decided to run a social experiment with my honors class. …