The goal of this ETP is to engage my colleagues in a meaningful discussion and activity around collaboration. Collaboration is a 21st century skill educators strive to model and teach to their students.
Ninety-one percent of teachers agree that technology gives them more ability to tailor lessons and homework assignments to the individual needs of each student, but only 16 percent of teachers give their schools an 'A' grade for incorporating it into their classrooms, according to a new national
One of the most important challenges of educators is to integrate technology to develop their 21st Century Skills.
Users want to get the fastest help possible when experiencing technical difficulties. Self-help articles empower the user and provide immediate, simple solutions to common technical problems. This ETP discusses what makes a useful and effective self-help document.
This laboratory investigation allows students to participate in a HIV test simulation by using an ELISA Assay to test for the presence of HIV antibodies in two simulated patient blood samples.
So far my class has learned the proper care and use of a microscope. Today’s lesson provides the students with examples of modern uses of this tool, focusing on Histology, microscope slide preparation, and pathology, using slides to diagnose ailments, with a focus on cancer.
Students will analyze modern fossil records of four different species of a group of organisms called foraminifera, which are single celled protists with shells (tests). All of the specimens were collected from the Santa Monica Basin in the Pacific Ocean just off of Santa Monica, California.
Students routinely struggle to read and interpret scientific texts. This professional development module includes important knowledge and a series of techniques for teachers to use to effectively scaffold the process of students reading scientific texts in order to learn new information.
Coral reefs are one of nature's most spectacular examples of biodiversity, largely due to the symbiotic relationship between algae and colonial polyps, the organisms that secrete the calcium carbonate shell that make up the coral reef.