Meaningful Microbes
Microbiology is a course I designed 2 years ago that introduces students to the microbes that we all share our lives with. With more of the cells on your body belonging to microbes than to you, these tiny living things have a huge impact on our health that scientists...
read moreMental Health Ambassadors at ESA
This semester I'm teaching a Human Behavior Elective for the first time. The content is interesting to me and I love planning new curricula (seriously, I really do!) so I am excited about this opportunity. With that said, because I haven't taught it before, there is...
read moreBaking for Buy-In
I've dreamed for years of developing a Baking Unit within my Chemistry course. Finally (year 10!), it seems to fit perfectly with this semester's topics of Chemical Reactions and Gas Laws. Students currently move through a unit with small, authentic pieces (a lab...
read moreForming Experts in Neuroscience
This is my 4th time teaching neuroscience, a curriculum I love teaching for a few reasons. First, most students have not taken any form of neuroscience before, so all the information feels "new" and fresh to them. Second, while they may not have a lot of prior...
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