Looking for an easy-to-follow dissection lab for a budding scientist that covers the basics of animal anatomy? Are you interested in finding an activity that your students can do independently? Or do you have a homeschool student who would like to work on basic animal anatomy through dissection? Then take a close look at our Young Scientist’s Animal Dissection Kit. It could be just what you need.

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Inquiries in Science™ is our newest kit series and we believe it has great potential to enhance your teaching. Cycling Through Mitosis, a series kit, was recently reviewed by one of your peers in The American Biology Teacher 71, no. 5 (2009): 308–09. With permission from the National Association of Biology Teachers, we’re pleased to provide you with the review at no charge. Just open the link below to read or download the review.

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Educators new, and not so new, to electrophoresis often share some of the same concerns or have some of the same questions regarding electrophoresis in the classroom. Many of those questions center on how to fit an electrophoresis lab into a schedule based on relatively short classroom periods. This article is mainly designed to address this concern with some tips and practical advice.

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If you are teaching a dissection lesson over several classroom or lab sessions, be sure to properly store specimens between sessions. Failure to do so can result in spoilage, bad odors, and missed opportunities for learning. Discover Carolina’s packaging options for quick, easy, and proper storage.

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  Teacher Tip: A Picture-Perfect Setup  
Submitted by Shawnea Tallman, Okaloosa County School District, Fort Walton Beach, FL

Once you have finished a lab station setup and verified everything is correct, take a photo of it and display it at the station. When students complete the station, have them reset it exactly as shown in the photo. This also makes it easier for you to do a quick check. Save the picture for the next time you run the lab. It will help you to remember things like consumables.

 
 
 

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