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Classifying Organisms with Your Students
Living organisms get students' attention and are great tools for
teaching life science. Here's an activity that introduces students to
taxonomy and includes collecting, caring for, and classifying living
organisms. It's complete with a downloadable black line master and ideas
for cross-curricular studies. See the link below for more.
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Evolution and Antibacterial Resistance
Bacteria can adapt to environmental changes and develop resistance to
drugs that were once toxic to them. It's a serious problem for health
care providers and patients. This discussion of antibacterial resistance
can help you explain the basics to your students and suggests 2 kits for
further inquiry. See the link below for more.
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Under the Microscope |
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Flower Morphology, Dichotomous Keys, and a Crime to Solve
Introduce your students to flower morphology and the concept of a
dichotomous key in a forensics context. This activity is based on our
popular "Flowers for Freddy" Forensics Kit with discussions of flower
anatomy and identification and exercises on dichotomous keys and flower
dissection. Click the link below to get on the case. |
Using Histology Slides to Enhance Mammalian Dissection
Tissues seemingly identical to the naked eye often reveal clear
differences under a microscope. That's why it's important to integrate
prepared microscope slides with a mammalian dissection. Here are some
ideas you can use to enhance student learning with slides during your
next dissection lesson. Take a look at the link below for more. |
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Understanding Familiar Units: What Is a Light Year?
Here's an activity that gets your students moving while they practice
measuring and manipulating units. By putting time and distance traveled
into units students can directly relate to, the abstract concept of the
light year is more easily understood. Learn more about this inexpensive,
fun activity at the link below. |
Carolina's Virtual NSTA Experience
If you can't experience our booth at the NSTA National Conference, you
can pay it a virtual visit. We'll use our Facebook page to share videos from our
workshops, run contests, announce winners, and allow other educators to share
their experiences. Just "fan" us on Facebook before the fun begins on March 10,
2011. |
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Living & Perishable Materials
Carolina offers Monday–Friday and overnight delivery options for living
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How to Care for WOWBugs™
WOWBugs™ are ideal for teaching a wide variety of fundamental biological
concepts and life science skills. Caring for and handling these insects are
easy. We'll show you everything you need to know, from receiving your culture to
using it in an activity, in about 3 minutes. Just buzz down to the link below to
get started.
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Teacher Tip:
Easy Strainer
Need an easy, inexpensive way to strain water from field collection containers
or an aquarium? Here's how to do it.
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Cut a piece of cheesecloth slightly larger than the opening of your lab
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Place the cheesecloth over the sink and tape it securely at the edges. |
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Pour the water through the cheesecloth, which will block any detritus and
prevent it from clogging your sink. |
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Discard the cheesecloth and detritus. |
Submitted by:
Kimberly Lewis
Wellston High School
Wellston, OH
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