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Student-centered plan for teaching By request :) (and thanks - I wouldn't have thought to do this....), sharing a plan for my AP evolution unit this is limited on lecture, an… Started by Jen	4	Aug 25, 2011 Reply by Jen
Science Fair The science fair is one of the best teaching strategies I have encountered after almost 20 years of schooling and 7 years of teaching. It t… Started by Colin Matheson	7	Jan 30, 2011 Reply by Virginia
Teaching with Socioscientific Issues & the Environmentalist's Paradox Hi everyone,I just posted this message in the Environmental Science group, but then found this Forum and thought it might be relevant here… Started by Susan Musante	1	Oct 11, 2010 Reply by Colin Matheson
Photosynthesis Labs As in any Biology/Living Environment class, photosynthesis and respiration are critical topics that students tend to have difficulties with… Started by Jason Braun	3	Mar 2, 2010 Reply by Elissa Hoffman
Student-Centered plan for Ecology Okay - here's another one :) Days 1/2 - Intro to ecology with Chapter 52 (via SmartBoard but mostly I did this one as a lot of this chapter… Started by Jen	1	Feb 5, 2010 Reply by Jen
Making Cladograms/Cytochrome C Here is a folder with three activities to create cladograms.Two use physical traits and one uses cytochrome c sequences.Full disclaimer: I… Started by Colin Matheson	0	Feb 1, 2010
The Carbon/Water/Nitrogen) Cycle This is a fun way to have kids learn about the matter cycles. I usually introduce it with the water cycle (which most students are comforta… Started by Colin Matheson	2	Jan 15, 2010 Reply by Jen
Immune System Introduction Here are two activities and a vocab list I use to start the unit on the immune system. The first activity I learned in my microbiology cour… Started by Colin Matheson	0	Dec 14, 2009
Diffusion Notes I know that lecturing gets a bad rap. However, direct instruction can be really effective if you get the kids engaged and have them stop an… Started by Colin Matheson	2	Dec 8, 2009 Reply by Sean Nash
IVF Here is a link to a lesson I have run recently on teaching kids about the process of IVF and the ethical considerations surrounding it. We… Started by Nadine Dickinson	1	Dec 1, 2009 Reply by Debra Garcia