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Use this article’s short, simple, but effective explanations to help students overcome 5 incorrect notions that often hinder their study of genetics.
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Learn practical applications for DNA barcoding and involve your students in the cutting-edge science.
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This author provides an excellent student lab-report format, explains how it adapts to different science disciplines, and suggests simple labs to familiarize students with it.
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Why does oil and vinegar salad dressing require vigorous shaking before use? Ask your students after this activity of building a density column to illustrate density and solubility.
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In this lab, students employ the RNAi mechanism to regulate genes in roundworms (C. elegans). The activity exposes students to key concepts and technologies, such as PCR, gel electrophoresis, model organisms, and genetic modification.
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This article (from Dolan DNA Learning Center) discusses the "DNA barcode"—a unique DNA sequence that identifies each living thing, much like unique Universal Product Code bars identify each consumer product.
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Choose from activities that engage beginning students in identifying machines and their types or activities that challenge more advanced students to design machines to accomplish chosen tasks.
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Use 2 aquariums and water for this guided-inquiry demonstration that introduces students to the concepts of reversible reactions and equilibrium.
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The revised AP* Chemistry Course begins in the 2013–14 academic year. This article contains information about some of the changes, plus preparations you can make for the new curriculum and its 6 "Big Ideas."
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This activity helps students understand the concept of limiting reactants in a chemical reaction.
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Pique your elementary students’ interest in the world around them with these engaging, age-appropriate activities.
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How many bones are in a giraffe's neck? Enough to get students really interested in this activity to answer that question.
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Having your students balance chemical equations aids their understanding of conservation of mass. In this activity, students build models to "see" what happens on both sides of the equation.
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Don't let your students miss the Dec. 31 deadline for participating in The Global Water Experiment, part of the 2011 International Year of Chemistry celebration. During the experiment, students study our most precious natural resource—water.
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Learning 5 basic categories of chemical reactions helps chemistry students with the essential skill of writing and balancing chemical equations—and boosts their ability to predict reaction products when only given reactants.
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Give your students an easier way to learn the abstract subject matter of the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis with 2 easier-to-understand methods.
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Help your students understand how the Coriolis effect influences the movement of winds and water currents across our planet. In only 15 minutes, this simple, inexpensive balloon activity helps students understand that effect.
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Living organisms may bring your classroom to life, but they won’t take care of themselves if left alone while the 2-legged, upright-walking organisms go on break. We offer some tips to make breaks and holidays happy for you and your classroom critters.
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Use this demonstration to show the big picture of aerobic cell respiration (with germinating seeds) and fermentation (produced by yeast).
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The International Year of Chemistry (IYC) focuses on a different topic each quarter. In the spirit of the IYC 2011, this article is about an alternative energy technology—fuel cells.
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Engaging, hands-on classroom activities for students of all ages
