What exactly is in the plant kingdom? I've been helping SPED students in Biology and classification. Resources I made for them became sought after by college prep and Honors students as well. So I thought I'd share this.

* What should we consider to be part of the plant kingdom?
* Why seaweed and mushrooms aren't plants
* Why is the common definition of plants misleading?
* Okay, so what other organisms belong in the plant kingdom?
* If some algae are plants, then are all algae plants?
* NGSS Learning Standards

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/classification/plantae-kingdom-standard/

#teaching #NGSS #life #Biology #biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience #plants
#Plantae

Biology teachers - did you notice that NGSS ignores classification and taxonomy? A serious problem since, as Theodosius Dobzhansky noted, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution." So how do we justify to a parent or administrator us taking the time to teach about this? See the learning standards at the end of this resource -

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/classification/

#teaching #NGSS #life #Biology #biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience #classification
#Binomialnomenclature #Linnaean

Why can’t we always use Punnett squares? Turns out they don’t work for most inherited traits.
I'm offering simple step-by-step graphics and explanations that help teachers explain why this is so :-)

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/2022/03/24/why-cant-we-always-use-punnett-squares/

I never could figure out why high school science often overlooks the lymphatic system. I created this resource for teachers, makes it much easier to explain to students. Has some helpful animated GIFs

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/immune-system/lymphatic-system/

Most folks believe that everything is either living or non-living. For example, people and giraffes are alive - and rocks, chairs, and diamonds are not. Yet we have discovered that life exists on a continuum: there is no clear binary switch between “living” and “not living.” Turns out that there are many things these have some or even most characteristics of life, but are not a complete organism. Understanding this is critical to understanding biology & evolution on an adult level - and I have created a free high-res inforgraphic available for download here

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/cells/characteristics-of-life/

Teaching about cells, organelles, cell transport or reproduction, etc.? I have resources to share.I’ve taught high school for many years, SPED to Honors. The differentiation & adaptations I made for SPED became sought after by other students, even at Honors level. I've worked hard at developing a helpful sequence of ideas, embedded vocabulary support, step-by-step graphics, and analogies.

* What are characteristics of Life?
* Organelles
* Enzymes
* Diffusion and Osmosis
* Endocytosis and exocytosis
* Single-celled organisms - Bacteria and Archaea
* How do cells reproduce?
* The cell cycle, mitosis
* Asexual reproduction
* Meiosis
* Interactive apps
* Learning standards

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/cells/

#cells #biology #Organelles #teaching #NGSS
#biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience

As science teachers using NGSS, we don't just teach facts. We use storylines to connect facts into a larger picture. A fun way to get students interested in evolution can be to use clips from fun science fiction movies.

Many kids have seen the Tremors series of movies, featuring the fictional animal, Graboids. While fictional, we can ask - if they were real, how could they have evolved? With careful observation and Socratic questioning we inspire students to posit what form of life they could have evolved from - in doing so we cover natural selection, convergent evolution, and clades and phylogenies!

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/2018/06/29/graboids/

#evolution #NGSS #storylines #biology #graboids #tremors #clades #phylogenies
#biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience

This unit addresses critical thinking skills in the Next Generation Science Standards, based on “A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas” by the National Research Council of the National Academies

#NYC — know a science loving high school teacher itching for some real !paid! #climate research experience?

I’m looking for a high school teacher to join my team-
precipitation-extreme.

You’ll work w a grad student + me to investigate flooding #extremes in NYC, #ClimateChange & more

Then you get to develop #NGSS curricula w the full support of the #nasa #education office

https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/early-career-opportunities/climate-change-research-initiative/

Due Sept2024- email : al2035@columbia.edu

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If you're hoppy and you know it, come join us on May 8th at 2pm ET for Discovering Amphibians! See what makes this group of animals so fun and unique. Learn more, find activities and register: https://t.co/cfRcRRAzNS #STEM #NGSS #ASL #Homeschool #Classroom #Elementary https://t.co/lt18EpJzAx
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Explore animal adaptations with the Zoo on Wednesday, December 13 at 2 p.m. ET. Meet some reptiles and learn about the cool features they use to survive. Best suited for K-5. Learn more and register: https://t.co/XIzoxzs25v #STEM #NGSS #ASL https://t.co/l2RCJJwDoy
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https://nitter.net/NationalZoo/status/1733517884981194840

The Aurora is very active tonight.

If you want to teach your Ss more about how they form check out the lesson I wrote for @scifri with @mostlyplasma

#Aurora #STEMeducation #NGSS #teaching

https://www.sciencefriday.com/educational-resources/some-aurora-appear-in-discrete-lines/

And the Ss seeds are planted. They have chosen to modify one of the plant’s requirements to see what happens.
These are Zinnia seeds so hopefully they sprout and grow a little before spring break in 2 weeks!
#NGSS #EnvironmentalScience #STEM #stemeducation

In developing AIs (artificial intelligences) there’s no guarantee that they will think like we do. We need to ask, what possible type of minds could AIs have? Students are interested in such questions!

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/possible-minds/

#AI #teachers #ArtificialIntelligence
@science
@edutooters
#science #STEM #NGSS #highschoolteachers #scienceteachers

Science teachers need to take the lead in schools, learning & teaching what AI (artificial intelligence) is & what it isn't, basic ideas behind it; solved problems in AI; etc

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/reading-connections/coding-and-robotics/artificial-intelligence/

#teaching #STEM #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #scienceteachers #teachers
@science
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#science #STEM #NGSS #highschoolteachers #scienceteachers

Best Practices For Teachers When Teaching About Native American Peoples

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/2021/06/02/best-practices-when-teaching-about-native-american-peoples/

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@edutooters
#science #STEM #NGSS #highschoolteachers

Women in math and science - some role models for teachers & students to know about

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/about/women-in-science-and-math/

#Teaching @science
@edutooters
#science #STEM #NGSS #highschoolteachers #scienceteachers

Diversity & Inclusion resources for STEM teachers. Scientists and engineers are from all ethnic, cultural, and national backgrounds. We can be Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, Polynesian, Native American, from any background

https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/about/diversity-inclusion-in-stem/

#DEI #Teachers #Teaching @science
@edutooters
#science #STEM #NGSS #highschoolteachers #scienceteachers

Calling all #NGSS teachers & #ngsschat folks. Do you know an excellent K-12 earth science educator? Nominate them for the National Association of Geoscience Teachers Outstanding Earth Science Teacher award. Nominations are open until March 31 and the form is very easy to fill-out!

#Geoscience #Geology #Stem #Education #Teaching #NAGT #Teachers

https://nagt.org/nagt/awards/oest.html

NEW OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH ARTICLE

Want to learn how to design #SciEd instruction that engages youth in the speculative design of AI and other technologies to promote #RacialJustice?

Check out this work led by Kathleen Arada and Anastasia Sanchez!

Youth as pattern makers for racial justice: How speculative design pedagogy in science can promote restorative futures through radical care practices

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10508406.2022.2154158

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