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Looking for gift ideas for science teachers? Skip the usual tumblers—teachers receive plenty of those—and go for something truly unique and science-inspired! In this post, we’ve rounded up a list of fun, thoughtful gifts that are not only practical but also personal, celebrating your science teacher’s favorite subject. 

Give your students a fun, hands-on experience in protein denaturation with this easy milk plastic activity. By applying heat and acid, they can transform whole milk into biodegradable milk plastic. I love doing this experiment around the Christmas season, using the milk plastic to create unique ornaments for our classroom Christmas tree!

Explore six easy ways to use ChatGPT in the classroom, transforming traditional teaching methods into dynamic, engaging learning opportunities! From sparking meaningful class discussions to generating interactive vocabulary lessons, ChatGPT offers a fun approach that can save you time and add to student learning.

I may be late to the party, but I just discovered a FREE Chrome extension that can make my teaching, planning, and grading a whole lot easier! You have got to check out Brisk Teaching! I promise it will blow your mind.

fill in a set of skeleton notes or to label a complex diagram.  The method is simple, and includes movement, teamwork, and competition!

Looking for an unusual way to review the parts of the cell? The goal is for students to make analogies between the parts of the cell and the very random objects. This activity combines creativity, competition, and collaboration – your class will love it!

Forensic Science is an awesome class. With topics like ballistics, blood, and dead bodies – it is almost hard to make it boring! But how do you start? What can a teacher do on the first day that hooks students and lays a solid foundation for the rest of the course? 

If you are like me, you have spent hours trying out one interactive biology website after another, only to get frustrated and overwhelmed. Many of them are overly complicated, or require so many instructions that the message of the activity is lost to your students.
Compiled here are six of the best interactive biology websites. These online activities are well designed and easy for students to understand! Post includes tips for how to use the activities with your students.

A fun way to teach the major muscle groups to your Anatomy or Biology students! Play doh and little skeletons!

I have to admit, I was a bit frustrated when I first heard that the AP Biology curriculum would be changing for 2019. It feels like I am just getting comfortable with the current (now-old?) course framework! …So when I got the email that the new AP Biology Curriculum framework was available, I couldn’t wait to dive in and see what it was all about.

This list of eight free resources for Forensic Science Teachers covers topics from blood spatter to evidence collection. Also find tips and suggestions on how to use the resources in the classroom!

My favorite subject to teach is Forensic Science. It is the perfect mix of applied Biology, Chemistry, Math, and the Yuck-Factor that students just love! And no topic in Forensic Science has more ‘yuck’ than the study of dead bodies. Students look forward to this unit all year! They are never disappointed.

Help your students learn and visualize the parts of a flower by making one! Simple and inexpensive supplies makes this an easy hands on learning experience – with ideas to differentiate difficulty level!

If you are anything like me, when you are teaching AP Biology, you want to give your students everything they need to be successful. This can be a super overwhelming feeling! There is so much that goes into teaching AP Biology! Not just knowledge, but skills! This post will help you squeeze the most out […]

AP Biology Teachers know – you can not cram for the AP Exam! If your students are going to be ready at the end of the year, they must study the AP Biology Curriculum Framework from day one! But what what resources are best? Ones that align to the College Board’s curriculum framework! Three resources […]