Cheap & Easy Environmental Science Lab: Using Bread and Food Colouring to Model Ground Pollution!
How can students see what happens underground? Understanding and visualizing ground pollution is something that many students find...
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Oct 31, 20233 min read
Analyzing Vehicle Emissions Lab for Biology & Environmental Science
A couple of weeks ago my Grade 12 IBDP Biology students were analyzing carbon dioxide and particulate matter emitted from a variety of...
Oct 24, 20233 min read
IBDP HL Biology Practical 7: It's Potometer Time!
I can't believe that we have reached the end of my series on the seven required lab practicals for IBDP Biology...this post is all about...
Oct 10, 20234 min read
IBDP Biology Practical 6: Monitoring Ventilation Rate Tips & Tricks
Practical 6 is one of my favourite labs, I love how simple it is and how much students learn about conducting an investigation with human...
Sep 26, 20233 min read
Practical 5: Mesocosm Building Challenge!
Practical 5 is the 5th of the six required practicals in the SL IBDP Biology course (last exam May 2024) and it is one of my favourites....
May 23, 20235 min read
The Group 4 Project: Bringing the IBDP Sciences Together!
One of my favourite parts of being an IBDP science teacher (and the team leader for Sciences at my school) is the Group 4 Project! It's...
May 2, 20234 min read
IBDP Biology Practical 4: Chromatography of Photosynthetic Pigments
The fourth of the seven required practicals is all about analyzing photosynthetic pigments, using chromatography (and I also include...
Apr 18, 20234 min read
Analyzing Enzyme Activity in IBDP Biology (Practical 3) Tips & Tricks!
The third of the seven required practicals is all about factors affecting enzyme activity! In case you're new to the IBDP Biology course...
Apr 4, 20233 min read
IB DP Biology: Practical 2 Osmolarity Lab Tips & Tricks
There are six required practicals for Standard Level (SL) IB Diploma Biology course as well as one additional required practical for...
Mar 28, 20235 min read
DIY Ice Cores: A Hands-On Climate Change Lab
One of the most challenging things about teaching Climate Change is helping students to understand the evidence we have for this alarming...
Feb 21, 20233 min read
Planning your Lab Practicals: 40 hours of Practicals for the New IBDP Biology Course
One of my favourite things about teaching Science, and the main reason why I don’t teach Math or French (yes, I am a qualified French...
Feb 7, 20234 min read
IBDP Biology: Practical 1 Microscopy Tips & Tricks
There are six required practical for Standard Level (SL) IB Diploma Biology course as well as one additional required practical for...
Jan 24, 20234 min read
Switching it Up: Do the Lab BEFORE the lesson!
When you think about how scientists conduct investigations and learn new things in science they often do so through carefully planned...
Jan 17, 20236 min read
Using Visual Art as your NGSS Phenomenon - The Chemistry of Cyanotype
An important part of any Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) unit is the Anchoring Phenomenon, something from the "real world" that...
Dec 20, 20227 min read
Studying Gravity like Galileo
As part of my Grade 10 Integrated Science course we do a unit on Mechanics, and we start that big unit with gravity. While I do many labs...
Feb 1, 20224 min read
When School Goes Virtual & the Lab is Closed...tips for Science Teachers
Here in Morocco we have been experiencing yet another wave of Covid-19, and like so many teachers and students around the world we went...
Dec 12, 20214 min read
Using PhET Digital Simulations in the Science Classroom
In case you haven't noticed I love labs! Like all Canadian high school teachers I have two different teachables, in my case they are...
Oct 2, 20212 min read
Mystery Microscope Slides
I have been very fortunate to always work in schools with a pretty good selection of prepared microscope slides and pulling out a few...
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