Cellular Respiration Tutorials!
It's taken me a few hours/day for most days for the past few weeks, but I've written tutorials to cover pretty much everything an AP Biology student needs to know about cellular respiration.…
Bill Bryson on Cells, and an updated Cell Size (surface area/volume ratio) lab
Hi Friends, I've just uploaded two handouts that you might enjoy. This is a short excerpt from Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything. Use it to give your students…
Using Claim-Evidence-Reasoning with a computer-based natural selection simulation
I had a great success last Friday using Claim-Evidence-Reasoning to get my students to think about an on-line natural selection simulation (I use this one because it runs on the Chromebooks…
The Four Big Ideas…In an Apple
Tomorrow will be the fourth day of school. It’s been a good week, and I’m loving teaching AP Biology again. I put together a two day lesson sequence to teach…
AP Biology Themes
By organizing the material in AP Biology around four Big Ideas, the College Board has made the task of teaching a thematic course much easier. Here’s my take on these…
My AP Biology Course Sequence
Revised, June, 23, 2019 Along with everyone else, I'm working on revising my AP Biology course scope and sequence to align with the College Board's just published 2019 Course and…
I’m Teaching AP Biology!
I am so excited to be teaching AP Biology this year! The last time I taught the class was in 2010, when my son (recently graduated from University of Michigan)…
Scientific Verification for sciencemusicvideos!
Dear Friends and Followers, Greg Crowther, Ph.D., a lecturer at the University of Washington, recently emailed me to let me know about his study testing the effect of science-themed music…
I’m trying to post all my teaching activities…
Dear Friends, I'm trying to be more systematic in sharing the activities (lectures, labs, classroom activities, etc.) that I'm doing with my own students at Berkeley High School. Click the…
Flashcards for the Digestive and Circulatory System
Start today's work by studying these flashcards. Digestive System (cartoon version) Human Digestive System Heart Anatomy When you're done, complete the review sheet. Heart Dissection tomorrow! Test on Digestive, Circulatory,…