Let’s be honest: the first two weeks of high school biology can easily turn into a dry parade of scientific method definitions, lab safety rules, and memorizing parts of a microscope. If students spend their first week filling out vocabulary worksheets, they quickly assume biology is just rote memorization. But we know better! Biology is… Continue reading Biology Isn’t Boring! Day 1: Hook Students with an Interactive Introduction to Biology Unit
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Tip #30 Top 10 Biology Lab Supplies
(As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn commissions for purchases made through links provided in this post. Thank you for your support!) The decision to homeschool through high school is not an easy one. The stakes are higher. The curriculum is more rigorous. The need for expensive lab supplies seems eminent. I have discovered you do… Continue reading Tip #30 Top 10 Biology Lab Supplies
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My first book is LIVE on Amazon!
(This post contains Amazon Affiliate links to my book on Amazon. I receive compensation for purchases made through the links. Thanks for supporting my blog!) I am SO excited to share this with you: my first ever book is now LIVE on Amazon! The Ultimate Homeschool Biology Review by Jennifer Burden Writing and publishing a… Continue reading My first book is LIVE on Amazon!
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Time Saver: Exams Aligned to the Curriculum
For homeschool moms of high school students, finding curriculum is one of the biggest summer jobs (and stressors). I created a FREE year of lesson plans for biology for the homeschool community, but until this week, all of the exams were only available with the individual Unit Bundles or the Complete Biology Curriculum Bundle. I… Continue reading Time Saver: Exams Aligned to the Curriculum
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Preview video for the Big Biology Curriculum Bundle for Homeschool is now live!
If you have been curious about the Big Biology Bundle of Curriculum, I just uploaded a preview video today to YouTube. The FREE year-long lesson plan for this curriculum bundle can be found HERE in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Remember my post about 5 Ways for Your Students to Fall in Love with Biology?… Continue reading Preview video for the Big Biology Curriculum Bundle for Homeschool is now live!
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Complete Homeschool Biology for High School Lesson Plans for FREE
All year, I have been creating biology resources that aimed to be fun and solidify biology concepts for high school students, such as building bacteria models out of pastry, using candy to learn symmetry, or cards games to sort characteristics of vertebrate animals. I still have two more units to complete, but I went ahead… Continue reading Complete Homeschool Biology for High School Lesson Plans for FREE
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Tuesday Teaching Tip #17: Making models with air-dry clay & recipe
We have had a cold in our house. It hit me first, then my freshman. My husband and two older teens have somehow dodged it. It has been just over a week for me, and while my congestion is less, the fatigue still lingers. My freshman had a rough weekend, but woke up better this… Continue reading Tuesday Teaching Tip #17: Making models with air-dry clay & recipe
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Five ways for your students to fall in love with Biology
Use videos to help explain complex topics, like Amoeba Sisters and Crash Course Biology. Teach concepts with fun, hands-on experiences. Labs can be engaging and fun without specialized equipment or complicated prep. Use models! Engage students by building models of biological systems. Explaining the process and drawing parallels between models and real-world phenomena utilizes critical… Continue reading Five ways for your students to fall in love with Biology
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Tuesday Teaching Tip #15- Use candy to build models
Kids love candy. I learned early in my teaching career that if candy was involved, there was engagement. Even if the candy was not consumed, it was familiar and fun. Using candy to build models in science automatically engages student interest, but it also engages higher order thinking skills. When using models, students have to… Continue reading Tuesday Teaching Tip #15- Use candy to build models
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Status update on making complete biology units for homeschoolers
Anyone who follows my store on TeachersPayTeachers.com has probably noticed that new biology products have been appearing rather consistently. Since deciding to create a biology curriculum last spring to use with my own homeschool ninth grader, the ideas have been flowing! Biology is best taught and learned with hands-on labs, games, and models. These units… Continue reading Status update on making complete biology units for homeschoolers
