Loving Life Science ... Mrs. A's Biology Blog: Snow Day #7

Wow, my last post was back in November when we had our first snow day. Today we had snow day #7. I feel like it is still early to have so many- we have a lot of winter left, according to Punxsutawney Phil at least ;) BTW- Happy Groundhog Day!

Despite being behind on my content this year, my school year continues to go well. I'm really enjoying the group of students I have this year!

We just did a great lab in Biology about Mitosis and Cancer, thanks to some new supplies from a recent DonorsChoose Project! I feel like my students learned a lot! We also made a mural in the hall to honor loved ones who have fought cancer. This was the first time I let students do this and it was a great success. I learned a lot about my students and some really opened up. I will definitely do this again in the future.

My Forensics class also got to do a lab to practice building DNA models, use micropipets, and then extracted DNA from their cheek cells. It went really well! Many of these supplies were paid for through another DonorsChoose Project. I am so thankful for the website and generous donors!

My students were extra excited about this project because Grant Imahara from the TV show Mythbusters helped to fund the project! My students couldn't believe he knew about and wanted to support them! I'm excited to use these supplies with my Biology students soon too.

I've also been busy trying to upload resources to TeachersPayTeachers as well since I get a lot of requests. Here are some of my newly uploaded Forensic Science products:

Forensic Toxicology Learning Targets and Review Questions

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Forensic-Toxicology-Learning-Targets-and-Review-Questions-1671939