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  • Exploring Medication and Bioavailability

    Exploring Medication and Bioavailability

    Bioavailability is a measure of the rate at which the active ingredient of a drug is absorbed and becomes available. It represents how much and how quickly a drug reaches the bloodstream. In this activity, student explore how medications dissolve in water (or other substances) and enter the blood stream. I created this lab to…

  • Lab Introduction – Identify Equipment and Uses

    Lab Introduction – Identify Equipment and Uses

    Introduce students to lab equipment with this station activity. Students examine items, like a beaker, and write down the name and functions of each.

  • Data Analysis – Invasion of the Jumping Worms

    Data Analysis – Invasion of the Jumping Worms

    Lesson plan uses the 5E model to explore the invasive Asian Jumping Worm and its impact on soil and forests; includes data analysis.

  • How DNA Fingerprints Are Used to Solve Crimes

    How DNA Fingerprints Are Used to Solve Crimes

    Students learn how DNA fingerprints are made using gel electrophoresis. They identify which suspects match the DNA evidence.

  • DNA Lesson Using PTC as an Anchoring Phenomenon

    DNA Lesson Using PTC as an Anchoring Phenomenon

    Describes how using anchoring phenomenon can improve lessons on teaching DNA and how the sequence of DNA determines structure and function.

  • Error Bars, Carl Sagan, and the Demon Haunted World

    Error Bars, Carl Sagan, and the Demon Haunted World

    Read an excerpt from Carl Sagan to discuss uncertainty in science. Students learn how to use error bars to determine validity.

  • Trophic Cascades at Biointeractive

    Trophic Cascades at Biointeractive

    This worksheet is designed for the Interactive Activity on Trophic Cascades at HHMI Biointeractive . Students learn how the loss or addition of a species, like a fox, can affect other organisms in the system. Students complete the worksheet by answering questions as they explore the interactive activity. The activity illustrates a trophic cascade in…

  • Interactive Slides: Blood

    Interactive Slides: Blood

    These interactive slides on blood were created for pandemic teaching in 2021. Slides can be posted on Google Classroom or other learning management systems. My class are hybrid, where I have a mix of students watching from home and those in class. Students all have Chromebook and as we go through the slides, I’m explaining…

  • Muscles: Guided Learning

    Muscles: Guided Learning

    This activity was created for distance learning during the 2020 pandemic as a substitution for traditional dissections and lessons that involve identifying the muscles and their function. Each slide has descriptions and images with a task for students to perform, such as labeling a diagram (based on the description) or answering questions about the muscles.…