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High School Biology Memory Game
One of the activities I like to do during the 1st week of class is a Biology Memory Game. I adapted this particular game from my mentor teacher at Merrimack Valley High School (Kristin Anderson), and...
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Classroom Activity: Experimental Design in Google Slides
When teaching the scientific method and experimental design to high school students, one of my favorite activities is one in which they work in groups to create a simple controlled experiment on a...
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Teaching the Scientific Method and Experimental Design: Notes, Activities,...
I have mixed feelings about teaching the scientific method as it is traditionally presented. Though I see value in using it as a model for how science is done, too often it is presented as a rigid set...
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Science Song: A Musical Memorial for Lonesome George
I was showing a video about the Galápagos Islands to my Zoology class yesterday, and during a segment on the giant tortoises a student asked me the name of the tortoise that died that was the last of...
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Kahoot! Review Quizzes: High School Physical Science
Below is a list of Kahoot! review games I have either created or duplicated + edited for a Physical Science class at Coe Brown Northwood Academy in Northwood, NH. I tend to use these as review...
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How does a cheetah run so fast?
On e of the joys of teaching a zoology class is that there are so many amazing stories to tell about how different animals are uniquely adapted to their lifestyle/environment. One such story is about...
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Teaching Tool: Digital Lesson Planner in Google Sheets
Over the past few years I’ve pretty much converted all of my teaching materials into Google Docs/Sheets/Slides. I also tend to prefer digital record keeping rather than paper – for example, I no...
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A New Species of Logperch (Percina apina) is Discovered in the Tennessee Valley
It seems that everywhere we look there is discouraging news regarding the state of our global environment, so it is refreshing when we hear something positive in the field of science. In October, The...
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The Secret of Plant Intelligence, Part 1
This book “review” is a little premature given that I have yet to read the book, The Cabaret of Plants, (hence, Part 1), but I am just so excited about its publication. We humans, for too long, have...
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