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Engage your students with this interactive, no-prep Dihybrid Cross Digital Notebook, perfect for your genetics unit! This Google Slides™ activity transforms complex genetics concepts into a fun, hands-on experience, moving beyond traditional worksheets and lectures. This comprehensive walkthrough includes a step-by-step guide to solving dihybrid crosses. Students will actively learn by dragging and dropping alleles, building Punnett squares, and analyzing phenotypic and genotypic ratios. The di

I designed this for my students and it has really helped them understand the process. Help your students master the scientific method with this engaging and research-backed Digital Interactive Notebook! Designed for middle school and high school science and compatible with Google Slides™, this no-prep resource guides students through the steps of the scientific inquiry using visuals, interactivity, and cognitive science strategies that support long-term learning and engagement. This digita

Make the complex topic of biological hierarchy accessible and engaging with this interactive digital notebook—designed with brain-based learning principles in mind. Perfect for middle school and high school science, this resource walks students through the levels of biological organization from cells to ecosystems, using visuals, problem solving, repetition, and student-driven activities that are supported by cognitive science research. What’s Inside: Google Slides™ digital notebook (c

Make learning about abiotic and biotic factors in ecosystems engaging and memorable with this interactive digital notebook, designed with brain-based learning strategies to boost retention and student engagement. Based on cognitive research, this resource integrates visual, kinesthetic, and active learning techniques to help students understand the living and non-living components of ecosystems. What’s Included: Google Slides™ digital notebook, perfect for Google Classroom or 1:1 devic

Genetics is the most difficult topic I teach. This straightforward, engaging, interactive notebook helps my students understand the why and how of these simple crosses. Transform your biology lessons with this Interactive Monohybrid Cross Digital Notebook! This comprehensive digital resource is designed to help students master the fundamentals of genetics is perfect for middle and high school biology classes, this digital notebook provides an interactive approach to understanding monohybrid cr

This interactive resource is designed to enhance students' understanding of cellular transport. Students work at their desks to build the cell membrane. I include 1 carrier and 1 channel proteins, 10 phospholipids, and work through various passive transport (including osmosis) and active transport scenarios with the molecules included, which are 1 ATP, 10 each, O2, H2O, CO2, Na+, Cl-, Sugar molecules. There are passive transport scenarios, including osmosis and active transport scenarios. After

These 2 games helped really helped my students identify the different genotypes and phenotypes. We had a lot of fun and laughs as we played. For the Spot the Genotype game we played many times, first at desks, then when ready, as a round robin challenge. When we played Build Your Phenotype, kids began to really understand how genotype influences phenotype. Mostly because we had front loaded their knowledge with the genotype card game so they had moved that knowledge into their working memory

These 3 manipulatives are fun, creative and engaging ways for students to practice DNA base pairing and helps them understand how DNA gets transcribed into mRNA and translated into proteins. It works great for individual students and for those that like to work as teams and desk mates. Each manipulative only takes about 1 class period.

Help students visualize mRNA translation with this fun and easy, interactive manipulative. I made this for my students last year and they loved it! Getting them to feed the mRNA through the ribosome really helped them understand the process of translation. This activity works great by itself or can be bundled with my Transcription and DNA base pairing manipulative.

Get all of your students senses and creativity flowing as they learn DNA transcription by transcribing DNA into mRNA and visualizing the role of RNA Polymerases in the process. Brain research tells us that the more senses we can incorporate into the learning process the faster students will learn. Plus, my students really enjoy these interactive manipulatives as a means to learn a concept. I think it taps into a creative part of them that they don't get to use often in high school. And, it's so

Help students learn DNA complimentary base pairing, with this simple, yet fun and engaging DNA building manipulative. My students really enjoy tapping in to their creative sides, like they used to in elementary school when they got to color, cut and paste while learning. In this manipulative students practice their DNA complimentary base pairing skills. This exercise is straightforward and all my kids are able to find success doing it. This activity works great on it's own or in a bundle with

This interactive Build Your Face game is a fun way to help students master applying the correct genotypes to phenotypes in a personal and engaging way. This activity can be done in person or digitally and is a nice way to get kids thinking about how dominant and recessive alleles get passed down from parents.

Starting off my year organized and focused on exactly what students need to know is essential for me to stay stress free. Both the Pacing Guide and the Learning Proficiency Targets and Vocab are great resources for you and your students. I provide both to my students via Google classroom and sometimes as a printout if they ask.

I have taught Biology in Flordia and Ohio and my students need to take state exams as a graduation requirement. Therefore, I like to break down the biology targets per unit according to our state proficiency guidelines. That way the students know exactly what they need to know to score proficient and pass the state exam. I then give each of my students this sheet at the beginning of the year, so they can use it as a checklist as we move through the units. It is also used for review at midterm a

Great way to pace yourself throughout the year. I use this simple Pacing Guide to help me stay on not run into timing issue as I move through the year. Sometime I have to extend or reduce the initial time I set, but using this Pacing Guide keeps me organized and on track throughout the year.

Take your teaching, school and career to the next level with this brain-based research presentation for your next Professional Development day. This Google slide deck explains the latest brain-based learning and multimedia design theory, to help educators design and develop lessons that will better facilitate learning. Each slide has presenter notes associated with slide visuals, because talking over visuals triggers both auditory and visual learning pathways, thus improving learnability. I hav

This Google Form covers the Anthropocene and how humans are impacting the Earth. There are 4 Sections. Each section contains a video and questions to answer pertaining to the video. This content standard was added by many states, including my state of Ohio, in 2018, to the Biology state standards and helps you cover this standard with minimal effort on your part.

This Spot the Genotype game gets my students hands on and really helps them learn the different genotypes while having a fun time doing it. 15 years of experience has shown me genetics continues to be the most difficult topic in biology for most kids. I have found if they don't have a firm grasp on which genotype is depicted by which allele combination, they begin to do poorly on more complicated concepts that build on this. Therefore, I designed this game that helps them learn these terms, ge

I created a hybrid of the best of Understanding by Design and Differentiated Instruction to design a lesson plan that hit all the major points.

These Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration flowcharts help students organize the products and locations of each step, so they can understand these processes and the connection between them better. They can be used as assessment tools, interactive notebook features. I've used them with the class as a whole, as well as in groups or individually. They are fantastic formative assessment tools and gives me great insight into where my students are struggling with the information.