Middle Grades (6th-8th)

My forensics class is in the middle of our classroom body farm lab experiment and it’s been so much fun!

The class was tasked with creating an experiment that would allow us to make observations about the life cycle of a blow fly and it’s implications to death investigation.

These kids went all out and, so far, we’ve gotten fantastic results!

Check out my blog post for ALL the details 👇🏼
www.thetrendyscienceteacher.com/bodyfarm

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Need a no-prep resource for EARTH DAY? 🌍

Just print this ecosystem scavenger hunt brochure and take a little tour of an outdoor area around your school!

Your students will love getting outside and they’ll be learning too. 🌱

Grab this FREE resource at:
www.thetrendyscienceteacher.com/earthday

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Welcome to my classroom! 🍎

If you’re new around here, hi 👋! I’m Dana.

I’m a high school science teacher that loves teaching and sharing my classroom with teachers around the globe! 🌎

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My Biology students always get genetic drift confused with natural selection when discussing mechanism of evolution.

To help them distinguish between the two phenomena, I had them simulate genetic drift using craft beads and a dice.

This really helped my students visualize the effects of genetic drift on small populations.

To grab this activity, head to…

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Do I bribe my students? Of course I do! 😉

When I have to be absent, I expect my students to be on their BEST behavior.

To ensure that they follow through on that expectation, I offer a little bribery…. I mean….. incentive 😁

I leave a sub report card that allows the substitute to rate each class. Classes receiving an A+ get rewarded with tickets 🎟️

I have received so many compliments from my subs since I started implementing this system. To get this free sub report card, head over to my blog:
www.thetrendyscienceteacher.com/sub ...

To practice crime scene sketches in Forensics, I threw 350 playing cards all over my classroom! (Those that know me, know that this made my OCD kick in to overdrive.)

Students were given a list of 8 playing card (aka: evidence) to find. Once they found their evidence, they had to mark it on their crime scene sketches.

Of course, I made them clean up the cards after the activity. 😉

I have a free download for this activity (It’s called One Eyed Jack) over on my blog.

Grab it at:
🔗www.thetrendyscienceteacher.com/sketch ...