This bundle provides 150 total questions over 20 different stimuli to address all NGSS life science standards. This bundle is truly a game changer in having an assessment bank, practice questions, and an intensive review. I personally use it for all three. This resource provides high-quality assessments for a full-year curriculum, and it can also be used as an excellent review for standardized tests. With 20 stimuli and 150 questions, this resource provides enough material for all your needs, wh
Aligns with AP Biology Topic 8.1 & College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating world of animal and plant behavior with this comprehensive, inquiry-driven lesson bundle. This resource moves beyond simple rote memorization, challenging students to analyze the proximate and ultimate causes of behavior through a blend of inquiry activities, direct instruction, scaffolded note-taking, and interactive practice. What’s Included in the Resource?Inquiry-Driven Webquest: Start the
Aligns with AP Biology Topic 8.1 & College-Level General BiologyDiscover the intricate relationships between organisms and their environments with this comprehensive Biodiversity and Disruptions lesson bundle. This inquiry-driven resource goes beyond basic definitions, challenging students to analyze how environmental changes and species interactions shape the natural world through a blend of scientific literature analysis, direct instruction, and interactive practice. What’s Included in the Res
Aligns with AP Biology Topics 8.3 and 8.4 & College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating world of population ecology and the effect of density on populations with this comprehensive, inquiry-driven lesson bundle. This resource moves beyond simple rote memorization, challenging students to analyze survivorship types, growth curves, and dispersion patterns through a blend of inquiry activities, direct instruction, scaffolded note-taking, and interactive practice. What’s Inc
Aligns with AP Biology Topic 8.5 & College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating world of community ecology and the complex interactions that shape ecosystems with this comprehensive, inquiry-driven lesson bundle. This resource moves beyond simple rote memorization, challenging students to analyze interspecific and intraspecific relationships through a blend of hands-on microscopy, direct instruction, scaffolded note-taking, and interactive case studies. What’s Included in
Aligns with AP Biology Topics 8.3 and 8.4 & College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating world of population ecology and the effect of density on populations with these comprehensive, scaffolded doodle notes and powerpoint/note slides. This resource challenges students to analyze survivorship types, growth curves, and dispersion patterns. What’s Included in the Resource?Comprehensive Lecture Slides: A high-quality presentation covering all key concepts from stimulus-respo
Aligns with AP Biology Topic 8.5 & College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating world of community ecology and the complex interactions that shape ecosystems with these comprehensive Doodle Notes. What’s Included in the Resource?Comprehensive Lecture Slides: A high-quality presentation covering all key community interactions, including competition, cooperation, predation, herbivory, facilitation, and symbiosis (mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism). Within the speaker
Aligns with AP Biology Topic 8.1 & College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating world of animal and plant behavior with these comprehensive doodle notes and powerpoint / note slides. What’s Included in the Resource?Comprehensive Lecture Slides: A high-quality presentation covering all key concepts from stimulus-response to complex social behaviors. Scaffolded Doodle Notes: These guided doodle notes are designed to keep students engaged during direct instruction. They prov
This Scientific Article Dissection Activity is a comprehensive, student-led digital or printable resource designed to guide learners through the intimidating world of primary scientific literature. By breaking down complex journals into digestible components, students move from passive reading to active analysis. This template provides a clear roadmap for students to identify key data, understand experimental design, and evaluate scientific claims. This assignment includes a hyperlink and answer
Aligns with AP Biology Topic 8.5, NGSS HS-LS2-8 / MS-LS2-2, and College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating ways different organisms interact to survive and thrive with this comprehensive Lichen Symbiosis & Microscope Lab. Students will transition from macroscopic observations of ecological relationships to a microscopic investigation of the hidden partnership that makes a lichen possible. What’s Included in the Resource?Inquiry-Driven, Evidence-Based Lab: Students analy
This resource provides high-quality assessments for your Evolution unit, and it can also be used as an excellent review for standardized tests. With 6 stimuli and 47 questions, this resource provides enough material for all your needs, whether it be formative assessments, summative assessments, or a comprehensive review. Also see my Genetics and Ecology and Molecules to Organisms NGSS Test Banks to receive test questions for the rest of the NGSS Standards. How it works: Just like an NGSS-based s
Aligns with AP Biology Topics 8.3 and 8.4 & College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating world of population ecology and the effect of density on populations with this webquest. This resource moves beyond simple rote memorization, guiding students to discover the the different ways organisms disperse in their environments and how population density affects populations in real life and in simulated environments. What’s Included in the Resource?Inquiry-Driven Mini Webquest:
Aligns with AP Biology Topics 8.3 and 8.4 & College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating world of population ecology and the effect of density on populations with this practice assignment and online game. What’s Included in the Resource?Practice Assignment: A rigorous assignment that requires students to apply their knowledge to new scenarios, identifying growth rates, carrying capacity, survivorship types, and dispersion patterns. Interactive Practice Game: An online rev
Aligns with AP Biology Topic 8.1 & College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating world of animal and plant behavior with this inquiry-driven Animal Behavior Practice. What’s Included in the Resource?Practice Assignment: A rigorous assignment that requires students to apply their knowledge to new scenarios, identifying types of learning and the evolutionary advantages of specific behaviors . Interactive Practice Game: An online review game to solidify vocabulary and concept
Aligns with AP Biology Topic 8.1 & College-Level General BiologyEngage your students in the fascinating world of animal and plant behavior with this inquiry-driven Animal Behavior WebQuest. What’s Included in the Resource?Inquiry-Driven Webquest: Start the unit with a student-centered exploration. This webquest guides students through digital resources to discover the differences between innate and learned behaviors before a formal lecture. If you're looking to save time planning what comes aft
This resource provides high-quality assessments for your Genetics unit, and it can also be used as an excellent review for standardized tests. With 7 stimuli and 50 questions, this resource provides enough material for all your needs, whether it be formative assessments, summative assessments, or a comprehensive review. Also see my Evolution and Ecology and Molecules to Organisms NGSS Test Banks to receive test questions for the rest of the NGSS Standards. How it works: Just like an NGSS-based s
This resource provides high-quality assessments for your Ecology and Molecules to Organisms units, and it can also be used as an excellent review for standardized tests. With 7 stimuli and 53 questions, this resource provides enough material for all your needs, whether it be formative assessments, summative assessments, or a comprehensive review. Also see my Genetics and Evolution NGSS Test Banks to receive test questions for the rest of the NGSS Standards. How it works: Just like an NGSS-based
I am a veteran teacher (with Master's Degrees in Biology and Education) of high-school biology, college biology, and college anatomy.
Teaching style
My curriculum is standards-based, inquiry-driven, and rooted in place-based science.
Awards & shining teacher moments
2024 Minnesota Science Teacher of the Year, District Teacher of the Quarter, Minnesota State University Moorhead's 10 Under 10 Award.
My own education history
Master’s of Science in Curriculum Instruction and Design, Master’s of Science in Biology, Bachelor of Science in Life Science Education, and Bachelor of Arts in Biology
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