This teacher tip comes to us from Tim at the Laurens County Board of Education in Dublin, Ga.

When teaching macromolecules I have students write facts about each one on strips of colored paper. For example, all […]

This teacher tip comes to us from Danielle at the Wildlife Science Center in Minnesota.

Want a fun and easy “green” birdhouse idea? Most schools have plenty of empty plastic coffee cans in their faculty rooms. […]

This teacher tip comes to us from Sharon at Highland Park Elementary School in Pennsylvania.

As the unit on butterflies comes to a close, my students can’t get enough of watching the butterflies in their box. I […]

Did you know that the Forest Coconut (Voanioala Gerardii) is the most endangered species in the world with only ten individuals left?  In a grim countdown to extinction, this interactive infographic examines the […]

 
How do you keep students engaged as the school year winds down? Ideally, you plan lessons around a live, rare event with opportunities for interactive learning. Simple, right?  This year it actually is!  
The […]

This Teacher Tip comes to us from Daniel in New York City.
Here’s a great life science tip for teaching the stages of mitosis as seen under the microscope that lets students model the chromosome movement […]

 This Teacher Tip comes to us from Heather in Louisiana.
Are you out of dropper bottles and worried about chemical safety? If so, you can put your chemicals in a beaker and then cover it with parafilm. Poke a […]

This Teacher Tip comes to us from Julie Ann in Michigan.

As your school-yard garden starts to bloom, keep track of its progress by taking daily digital pictures. Students could choose to take photos of just one […]

 
This Teacher Tip comes to us from Ann in Maryland.
Use hand held GPS units to review for your final exam or end of the quarter assessment. Set up Tupperware caches out in your schoolyard with a question in […]

 
This Teacher Tip comes to us from Donna in North Logan, Utah.
How to put students into groups fairly: Use mini accents or calendar cut outs to group students for activities or experiments. They usually come […]

This Teacher Tip comes to us from Gordan in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Every year when I teach Mitosis I use a mystery assignment I created. In the mystery, a chromosome was stolen from an experimental laboratory. I hand […]

This Teacher Tip comes to us from Peggy in Kentucky.

I make my own kits to teach protein synthesis to middle school students. Each pair of students will then work with one kit.

1. I cut large nuclei out of […]

This Teacher Tip comes to us from Kym in Washington.

A favorite lab is “measuring” CO2 production from yeast and some sweetener. The measuring tool is often a balloon. Instead- borrow from the chemistry folks- […]

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Learnetics is an engaging tool that I enjoy using to teach the […]

This Teacher Tip comes to us from Daneice Foster in Oklahoma.

It can be difficult to recognize when different groups in your lab need help. Use a tabletop support stand, 1 med size paper clamp and 3 pieces of […]

This Teacher Tip comes to us from Cheri Alderman in Georgia.

To make Limiting Reactants an easier idea for students to grasp, I always start with a Quick Lab that involves a chocolate chip recipe. The students […]

This Teacher Tip comes to us from Dayna Britton of Michigan.

I use small white boards as a quick way to formatively assess student understanding. For example, if I want students to work through a Punnett […]

This Teacher Tip comes to us from Dawn Miller in Kansas.

When teaching Human Anatomy I use a two liter pop bottle, a balloon and a quart plastic sandwich bag to illustrate a model of the lungs. Cut the pop […]