Utilitarian Science

Use the Bioman Bio website to complete this activity. I was tired of my students rushing through this activity so I created a paper and pen activity which required students to slow down as they move through the website.

Again, I couldn't find what I wanted, so I made it. During this project students choose a Brownfield site in the state of Missouri. You can edit the project to include the search site for your own state, however the EPA's search site is also included. Students will choose a site, describe its major contaminants, propose a cleanup and how the land will be used afterwards. Students will also present their projects to the class. This would be a great project for AP Environmental Science

Dark Waters is a movie which depicts the true story of how an attorney in Ohio took on DuPont chemical company for knowingly poisoning the people of the region in the quest to make teflon. These questions can be used as student reflection questions or socratic seminar and discussion questions after viewing. This movie is perfect for an upper level environmental science class.

This lab very clearly demonstrates how temperature, pH and amount of substrate affect the function of the enzyme catalase which is found in beef liver. Once again, I couldn't find a lab appropriate for my 9th graders, so I made it.

I couldn't find what I wanted, so I made it. This activity has demonstrations for all the properties of water important to life. Cohesion, adhesion, suface tension, capillary action, high specific heat and high heat of vaporization are all observed and then discussed with analysis questions. Students will record data, graph data, make connections and have fun! I like to set this activity up as a station lab.

I made this activity for my students so they would slow down as they move through this website. The website does a fantastic job of explaining the concept of enzyme structure and function and the games are fun as well! I hope you find this useful!

I created this activity so my students would slow down playing the game and get more out of it. This can be used as a digital copy or students can submit their final quiz score to you as a screenshot via email/google classroom/blackbaud.

This quiz is designed to accompany the Bioman Bio nitrogen cycle interactive activity

I created this activity because I wanted a more rigorous activity that built DNA using candy. I couldn't find what I was looking for, so I made it. During this activity your students will build nucleotides and THEN build a DNA strand incorporating the base pairing rule and the antiparallel nature of DNA.

I really like using google forms for quizzes. Feel free to edit, add and change questions to fit your needs and teaching style, but this will save you time as you will not need to create from scratch. Also, be sure to change the settings to meet your needs as well. I personally require my students to write so I include a short answer/essay on each quiz I give. I hope you find this helpful.

Use this google form with the NSTA case study found at https://www.nsta.org/ncss-case-study/fishing-answers-gulf-mexicos-dead-zone#tab-Materials I made this for my students so I had an easy electronic form. We go through the case study as a class and they answer the questions as we go along. It keeps them engaged and accountable.

I made this to use in my own classroom to help my students review meiosis vocabulary .