How to Make Learning About Plants Fun For Middle School Students Are you looking for creative ways to make learning about plants fun for middle school students? Let’s face it—most middle school students aren’t exactly thinking about plants and trees on an average day. But why not make them stop and pay attention? I’m always…
Teach Biodiversity in Food Webs With a Dice Roll Game Are you looking for an engaging way to teach biodiversity in food webs? Let’s do it with a game! My food web, dice roll biodiversity game helps students understand that man-made or natural events can cause serious consequences in a food web. They will realize…
Build an Interactive Student Food Web! Are you looking for a fun way to teach food webs that is guaranteed to be engaging? Grab some scissors, some yarn, and some plant and animal food chain pages, from your chosen ecosystem, and turn your class into a giant, interactive student food web! Prepare to Build Your…
Create a Cell Model with Recyclables Do you want your students to create a creative cell model project, using recyclables, but you’re not sure where to start and how to structure it? I put together a structured set of directions so that the students don’t get distracted and off task. I believe accountability and time…
How Moving To Florida Changed How I Teach My Unit on Ecology So how did moving to Florida give me a new perspective on teaching my unit on ecology and ecosystems? I come from the Northeast part of the United States so moving to Florida, where the ecosystem is IN YOUR FACE, was a pretty…
Are you looking for a super engaging, STEM symbiosis project, for teaching MS-LS2-2? Are you covering patterns of interactions and relationships?
How to Teach Punnett Squares and Genetics Using Aliens! Do you want to teach Punnett squares and genetics(MS-LS3-2) and need fun and engaging activities? This is the sequence of activities, that I use to teach Punnett squares, that keeps the students engaged and comprehending the concepts. They love learning about how they got their own…
Animal Courtship Behavior Activities for Valentine’s Day Are you looking for a meaningful activity to do with your science class for Valentine’s Day? Why not discuss animal courtship and how well it reflects human behavior? During this activity I focus on six main animal behaviors. I use my courtship matching cards and courtship reading passage…
How to Make Food Webs Interactive and Fun! Are you looking for more engaging ways to teach the important concepts of food chains and webs? Do you want dynamic activities that you can refer back to over and over again? Here are some super fun activities that involve every student in a memorable, exciting way!…
How to Introduce the Characteristics of Living Things Do you find that students struggle with being able to determine the basic characteristics of living things? Even in middle school, students have a hard time distinguishing the differences between a living versus a non-living structure. It is better to deal with any misconceptions first, using engaging activities,…
