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Incorporating Technology into the Science Classroom
As a science teacher, we have unique challenges and unique opportunities at the same time when it comes to technology. Each teacher has different resources available. Some schools have 1:1 chromebook/lapbook/iPads and each student has access to terrific web resources. Yep, I’m jealous too. And there’s the school I worked at as […]
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Use a Molecule Viewer in High School Biology: STAR Biochem
Have you ever wanted to show your students what proteins or other molecules actually look like but struggled to use the 3D molecule or protein viewers? Some of the programs available are really slow to load on not-state-of-the-art computers (who in education has state of the art computers??) and some of them are so difficult […]
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Teaching about Cell Transport – Animations and Other Resources
Cell Transport is one of my favorite topics to teach. Usually it’s late October and my students have gotten through biochemistry and the organelles and are wondering how it all fits together. Watching the light bulbs in my students’ heads go on when they finally understand how materials get in and out of the cell […]
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Teaching About Viruses: Web Resources and a Reading Lesson
With all of the Ebola and Enterovirus news lately, I created a list of web resources for teachers looking for accurate information and teaching resources on viruses. All of these links work as of 11/15/2014! Viral Life Cycle: A HHMI Viral Life Cycle Animation: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/viral-lifecycleHerpes Life Cycle Animation: http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/herpessimplex.html Retrovirus Life Cycle Animation: http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072556781/student_view0/chapter18/animation_quiz_3.html Flu […]