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Secrets of a Drosophila Researcher: Things You Might Not Know About Working with Fruit Flies
After my semester of avoiding a transformation into a were-rat, I applied to a Drosophila melanogaster genetics lab. I liked it so much I stayed for two summers and two full school years, until I graduated. Here are some secrets about Drosophila research that everybody who works in a fly lab knows. 1. You […]
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FREEBIE! Crystal Clear, Printable Periodic Table in Legal Size and 2 page Landscape Size
How many times have you had to do a search online to find a large, legible periodic table for a lesson? There are a lot of periodic tables out there but the print is so small and my students often have difficulty reading the mass or atomic numbers. I was sick of searching and searching, […]
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Termites: A homeowner’s nightmare. A teacher’s dream come true (and FREE lab!)
On a lovely day in early June, as I sat down with my two year old son to eat lunch, he pointed out the window and said “WOW!” I looked out my kitchen window and I knew immediately what I was seeing. A termite mating swarm. Thousands of tiny insects flying straight up in the […]
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Inspiration from the Dollar Store: A new way to teach Dichotomous Keys and Taxonomy
One of my least favorite parts of biology to teach is taxonomy. I admit it. I’m a logic and problem-solving girl. I like genetics. Biochem. But taxonomy? Ugh. I understand it’s important to organize information about the organisms that exist on Earth. But I hate teaching it because I feel like it is such a […]