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Need to enhance rigor within your ecology unit? Teach your students how to investigate real-world issues and extract evidence-based data to create a presentation with proposed solutions! Think of this as a 3D lesson: Lecture, Collaborative Research, Presentation of understanding by students.

The microscope pre-lab reading analysis prepares students for their upcoming lab by combining microscope skills with essential biological concepts. First, students review how to correctly use and handle the microscope, ensuring they can safely and effectively focus on specimens during the lab. The reading then introduces the diversity of cells, comparing prokaryotic and eukaryotic structures, functions, and examples. By learning about bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals in advance, st

In this lab, students use their microscope skills to step into the role of veterinarians diagnosing common pet illnesses. After reviewing how bacteria and fungi appear under the microscope, they examine prepared slides from real-world case scenarios—such as a dog with an ear infection, a cat with diarrhea, or a puppy with a skin abscess. By carefully observing the shapes and structures they see (like bacterial cocci, rods, or fungal yeast cells), students determine whether the infection is bacte

The microscope pre-lab reading and analysis prepares students for their upcoming lab by combining microscope skills with essential biological concepts. First, students review how to correctly use and handle the microscope, ensuring they can safely and effectively focus on specimens during the lab. The reading then introduces the diversity of cells, comparing prokaryotic and eukaryotic structures, functions, and examples. By learning about bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals in advance

Perfect for visual learners who benefit from active learning! This activity walks students through each stage of Meiosis on biomanbio's website. Great for independent work, substitute assignments, or a review before a test!

Everything you need to differentiation instruction while teaching macromolecules! Will reach all learning styles with simplified notes, a reading & modeling activity, and interactive lab stations as a review! Do not miss out on this bundle!

Differentiate your student's learning by having them complete a reading analysis AND create a model of each structure they have read about.

Do not miss out on this interactive online simulation of photosynthesis and cellular respiration! This activity walks students through a biomanbio online simulation with questions to answer as they go along.

Everything you need to elevate the rigor of your ecology unit! Includes a note summary and collaborative research project with rubric that brings it all together!

Everything you need in order to differentiate and personalize instruction while teaching meiosis.

Take out the "fluff" and focus on the "nuts and bolts" with this Biochemistry Summary Packet! Could easily be used as guided notes. The charts, graphs, and images have proven to be very beneficial for my CP and ELL students! I hope you enjoy it as much as my students and I have. Please see my page for additional unit packets.

Looking for a way to differentiate and personalize instruction for your students? This is perfect for allowing students to express their understanding of meiosis in a way that best suits them!

Have your students complete a series of interactive "mini lab stations" that serve as a review for endothermic/exothermic reactions, pH, and macromolecules.

This peer performance rubric has been a GAME CHANGER for managing student behavior during laboratory experiments or generalized group work. Have students rate their peer's performance and average the total score with their assignment total.

Everything you need to differentiate instruction while teaching Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration!

Need an activity to help your students see each stage of Meiosis? This foldable is great to use as you go through notes OR as a review. Use it as you need it!

Take out the "fluff" and focus on the "nuts and bolts" with this Atomic Structure Lecture Presentation. Students will learn about atomic structure (protons, neutrons, and electrons), the periodic table, and electron dot diagrams. Includes example problems with answers.

Take out the "fluff" and focus on the "nuts and bolts" with this Mendelian Genetics & Meiosis packet! Could easily be used as guided notes. The charts, graphs, and images have proven to be very beneficial for my CP and ELL students! I hope you enjoy it as much as my students and I have. Please see my page for additional unit packets.

Take out the "fluff" and focus on the "nuts and bolts" with this "Electricity and Magnetism" Lecture Presentation. Practice problems, and answers included. Students will learn Ohm's Law and how to calculate Voltage, Resistance, and Current. Additionally, students will learn to create single and parallel circuits.

Take out the "fluff" and focus on the "nuts and bolts" with this "Chemical Equations & Chemical Reactions" Lecture Presentation. Step by Step instructions, practice problems, and answers included. Students will learn to balance chemical equations and identify reaction types - endothermic, exothermic, synthesis reaction, double replacement, single replacement, decomposition, or combustion reactions.