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ways to motivate middle and high school students

3 NO-FAIL METHODS FOR MOTIVATING MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

How do you keep seniors engaged a week before grad

How do you keep seniors engaged a week before graduation? 🧑‍🎓

You give them one final mock crime scene to solve! 🕵️‍♀️

Normally, I plan an elaborate mock crime scene and have the kids take a few days to solve it. This year, I decided to purchase these pre-made crime scene kits from Amazon and it was worth EVERY PENNY!

For the last two days, all of my students have been laser focused on solving these cases!

I purchased 7 kits and laminated the contents so that I can use them year after year.

Each lab group got their own case to solve! It was student directed and had 3 built in objectives that had to be met before they were allowed to proceed.

It was the perfect way to end our year!!!

(Note: The name of the company is Unsolved Case Files and I purchased them from Amazon.)

#forensicscience #iteachforensics #forensicscientist #scienceteachers #scienceteacher #scienceteachersofinstagram #sciencelab #sciencelesson

🦉 Owl pellet dissection day is alway fun! I pos

🦉 Owl pellet dissection day is alway fun! I posted some highlights from today’s lab in my ECOLOGY highlight reel (along with the link to this fun lab).

#biology #biologylab #biologyteacher #iteacbiology #iteachscience #iteachsciencetoo #scienceteacher #scienceteachers

It’s 🍎 teacher appreciation week 🍏 and I c

It’s 🍎 teacher appreciation week 🍏 and I can’t let it pass without telling you THANK YOU for being here!

To show my appreciation, I am giving away some goodies all week. 🎉

Today, I am giving away 2 TPT gift cards ($10). Just comment below and you will be entered in the giveaway. I will pick two winners on Wednesday morning. 😃

Today was our end-of-course test in Biology and I’m glad that’s over! My kids weren’t excited about testing, but they were excited to get these goodie bags!

I am linking the template for these printables below:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1M0KTE0E0GQDum0az46MIA-cY-cNpD2HEKfZlyrTZIMo/copy

We are wrapping up our EVOLUTION unit with classif

We are wrapping up our EVOLUTION unit with classification and phylogeny.

Today, my Bio students created candy cladograms.

Students received 7 pieces of candy. (You can use ANY kind of candy for this activity. I usually get candy that’s on sale or I raid my kids’ Easter 🧺!)

Students worked in groups to classify the candies (swipe to see the table they created).

Then, students created their cladogram with chalk markers and called me over for assessment.

What happened next? I SUGARED the kids up and sent them to their next class. 🤪

It was MOCK CRIME SCENE day in Forensics and my st

It was MOCK CRIME SCENE day in Forensics and my students showed off their CSI skills!

We have an automotive class at our local high school and the shop teacher allows me to use his old junk cars to stage my mock crime scene.

Students were graded today on their processing of the crime scene. Tomorrow, we’ll be in the lab for evidence processing followed by a day of deliberation and class discussion.

I can’t wait to see if my students crack the case!

#forensics #iteachforensics #inthelab #sciencelab #science #scienceteacher #scienceteachersofinstagram #iteachscience #scienceteachersrock #scienceteachers #forensicscience

Hi! If you’re new around here, my name is Dana.

Hi! If you’re new around here, my name is Dana. I have a passion for teaching and a love for helping other teachers by creating resources that save and valuable energy!

I love sharing my day-to-day activities, lessons, tips and strategies here on my IG page and hope that it offers you a place to find classroom inspiration and time-saving ideas/resources.

I have found this community to be such an inspiration! Thank you, my friend, for being here. 💗

#science #scienceteachersofinstagram #scienceteachers #scienceteachersrock #iteachscience #labsofinstagram

🐦 Battle of the Beaks lab to introduce natural

🐦 Battle of the Beaks lab to introduce natural selection as one of the mechanisms of evolution.

My bio kids got pretty competitive in this lab and it was fun to see them so excited about an activity.

I saved info about the setup and execution for this lab in my EVOLUTION highlight bubble. 😉

We finally made it to ENTOMOLOGY in my year-long f

We finally made it to ENTOMOLOGY in my year-long forensics class! 😃I absolutely love talking all things 🐜 🐞 🪲 and 💀!

Today, students completed a differentiated stations activity where they traveled to 10 different stations to learn about entomology.

If you teach forensics, I’d love to know what you think about this topic!

#iteachforensics #forensics #forensicscience #forensicscientist #middleschoolforensics #highschoolforensics #iteachscience #teachersofinstagram

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