Do you struggle to make your cellular energy unit engaging for students? I have, too! Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are abstract concepts and many students struggle with them. Rather than just drilling them on molecular pathways and chemical equations, I’ve always tried to incorporate labs and activities to bring these
I’m not sure that any high school science teacher would say she loves having students write lab reports. It’s often a lot like getting your kids to eat their vegetables- you know it’s good for them, but what a struggle to get them to do it! And grading lab reports
I’ve seen and used several different note-taking methods with my high school science students over the years, but Cornell style notes have quickly become one of my favorite strategies. I’ve found that Cornell notes are an easy and effective way for students to record important information from PowerPoints and even
“High schools near me don’t even do real labs anymore. They’re all virtual. Why should I spend the money on lab supplies?” “Does my child need to do Biology labs if she’s not going into a science field?” “How many hours of labs count as a ‘lab science’?” These are
Need some Earth Day projects for teens? Earth Day is a great opportunity to bring relevant environmental issues into the middle school or high school classroom. These students are part of a generation that will soon be responsible for protecting the environment and encouraging conservation in their own communities, so
I know many of you are planning for different circumstances in your Biology classrooms this year. In the last few years, large populations of students learned virtually and many schools forbid science labs even in face-to-face environments, so naturally, teachers were looking for virtual lab options. Many free virtual Biology
My homeschool science co-op students are constantly looking to me for advice on advanced high school courses and college admissions. Although I’ve insisted that these decisions are best made within their family, over time I’ve realized that homeschooling parents often don’t understand the nuances of advanced coursework. In fact, the
Parents using a homeschool science curriculum are often looking for interesting science experiments that are easy and inexpensive. Although these can be easy to find for grade school students, they can be harder to find at the high school level. Thankfully, even high school biology labs can use everyday items from
“Mathematics is a part of science…a set of tools that helps scientists understand a marvelously complex world.” -Dr. Paul Williams, Biology Professor at Univ. of Wisconsin If my child is only halfway through Algebra 1, can she take Chemistry? What science course should my son take as a 9th grader? Most parents
