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Using Games to Master the Mountain of Biology Vocabulary Words

Amy Brown Science

Are your students struggling to master all the new biology terms and definitions we teach each day? After teaching high school Biology for over 30 years, I know that one of the biggest problems my students are going to have in my class is mastering the mountain of new vocabulary words encountered each and every day.

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New Effort Hopes to Make ‘Weed-Out’ Courses More Equitable

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Organic chemistry , anyone?) The project, funded from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and housed at Educause, prioritizes 20 key gateway courses, including introductory classes in biology, chemistry, English, economics and psychology, as well as math classes like algebra and calculus, and U.S. history surveys.

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New AI Tools Are Promoted As Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good?

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Students in biology are going to be using it in one way, chemistry students are going to be using it in another. My students are all using it in different ways.” It’s not as simple as assuming that students are all cheaters, the instructor stresses.

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PASCO Motion Sensor–A Must for Science Classes

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curricula for Chemistry and Physics that are NGSS-aligned. These can be applied to any number of subjects including agriculture science, biology, chemistry, Earth, engineering, environmental, Life Sciences, Physical Science, and physics. Among PASCO Scientific’s many devices, you’ll find: a wireless weather station.

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Ward’s Science–So Many STEM Resources

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Even after 144 years, Ward’s Science continues to be a leading provider of a full range of science products, kits, and resources for AP Science, Biology, Chemistry, Digital Science, Earth Science, Physics, and more for elementary-age students through High School (and beyond)–including Makerspace environments.

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. The general idea of synthetic biology is that we can engineer microbes to do things that naturally occurring microbes don’t do,” he says.

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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

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And that class was taught by my host, Rachel Davenport, a senior lecturer in biology at Texas State. At 43 years old, she’s majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry. And just having a really frank discussion with them.” Active Learning Strategies I still had one more class to go on my visit.

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