From Ingredients to Innovation: Why Students Should Explore How Things Are Made
How are things made. This helps students learn more about technology, material science and design considerations as well.
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Standard Candles: Illuminating the Universe's Distance Scale
A brief guide to standard candles for science teachers to help prepare them to teacher their students.
Mitosis and Meiosis: The Wonder of Cell Division
A brief introduction to mitosis and meiosis which can help middle and secondary school teachers bring this topic to their students.
Catching the High Flyers: How Differentiated Instruction Can Enhance a Love for Learning in Middle School
How to help differentiate for high flying students who are academically gifted or need further support to learn.
Mapping Ecosystems: Why Understanding the Dance of Nature is Crucial for Our Future
A brief blog post about why mapping and understanding ecosystems are so important and critical.
Sparking Curiosity: Using Unusual and Innovative Science Topics to Engage Students
All about how unusual science topics can be an amazing hook to engage middle and high school students.
Making Back-to-School Easier: Leveraging Teacher-Sourced Educational Materials
Back to school and teacher resources go hand in hand, but why not use those made by experienced educators anyway?!
IB MYP Sciences: An Opening to Broad Science Learning
IB MYP Science open to innovative and unusual science education topics. A way to teach students through a different kind of educational lens
The Surprising World of Hydrocarbons: Alkanes, Alkenes, and Alkynes
A primer on carbon chemistry in middle and high school. Great for chemistry teachers to help with teaching this topic.
What I Wish I knew as a New Science Teacher...
A starter for new science teachers.
Hot and Cold... The World of Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions: A Lead in for New Chemistry Teachers
A primer on endothermic and exothermic reactions. Great for new chemistry teachers.
Understanding Autoimmune Diseases: A Primer for Educators
A brief primer on Autoimmune diseases and why it is a great topic to teach in class.
Critical Science Education: The Carbon Cycle - A brief primer
A brief primer on the Carbon Cycle. Perfect for teachers bringing this science topic to their students.
The Teaching Astrophysicist Catalogue
The Teaching Astrophysicist Teaching Resource Catalogue.
Personal Life Skills - The Importance of Holistic Health Education in Middle and High Schools
A brief foray into why teaching students topics such as substance abuse, personal hygiene and nutrition is so important.
Neutron Stars - Ex-Stellar Cores
A brief primer on neutron stars to support teachers with teaching this fantastic topic!
Exploring Neurobiology: A Guide for Middle and High School Teachers
A brief primer on neurobiology also known as neuroscience to teach middle and high school science students. It could help biology teachers.
Introducing Chemical 3D Printing: A Guide for Middle and High School Teachers
A primer for middle and high school teachers about chemical 3D printing.
The Challenge of Detecting AI in Student Work: A Losing Game?
AI detection tools don't work well, but how can educators work with or around them.
Glowing Butts, Bugs and Bioluminescence: The Fascinating World of Living Light Production
Bioluminescence, the natural wonder where living organisms produce and emit light, captivates anyone lucky enough to witness it. From the...
What in the Water?!: A Guide for Middle and High School Classrooms About the Phenomenal Physical Properties of Water
All about the physics of water and the physical properties that make this matter unique and important. Perfect for middle and high school.
Harnessing AI to Customize and Scaffold Science and Math Education for Middle and High School Students
This discussion is about AI (artificial intelligence) being used to differentiate and scaffold learning for middle and high school students.
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