Using a DNA model like the one created in the DNA Models lesson, students take on the role of various parts of the cell in order to model the process ...
DNA adding tapeIn this CSI activity, students solve a mystery using “DNA” taken from the scene of the crime. This write up describes how to collect a “DNA sample” (student ...
What does it mean to be alive? Is a cactus alive? Is a seed alive? Is the air we breathe alive? What are the necessary characteristics? To hook students into ...
To solidify students’ conceptualization of cells, students build a model of a cell in a ziplock bag using polyvinyl alcohol slime as cytoplasm. So far, students’ experience with cells has ...
Sarracenia flower dissection Image courtexy of Noah Elhardt Leopard frog in duckweed Image courtesy of Steven Dunlop To learn about the structure and function of living things, it is essential to ...
Kilauea Crater, Hawaii Pu'u 'O'o crater at dusk. Image courtesy of USGS.Starting with an earthquake epicenter map (generated by students in The Big One activity), students add information about where ...
What drives the motion of the Earth’s tectonic plates? Partly, it is convection, the process by which heat energy is transferred by currents in a liquid or gas. Convection currents ...
Students take what they know about earthquake, volcano and mid-ocean ridge distributions (The Big One and Plate Patterns) and put it together with what they know about convection in the ...
When I was little,I heard about Sir Issac Newton's math. Now this math is harder but simple. 134->5<=(31)   2<<<<<<<<<<(10)   334+23>=(56)     >=1 less <=1 more
In response to a question on ways to teach electron configuration to students, here's a model I used with my 8th graders. We had been using beans to represent and ...
