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Teaching the process of science: A simple, no-frills approach
By Mariëlle Hoefnagels and Matt Taylor It’s been quite a while since I wrote about how students in my class conducted experiments on condoms. The activity was part of our lab covering the process of scientific inquiry, the metric system, tools of science, and graphing. I updated the post several years later, adding new ways…
Phone-based review quizzes enhanced with AI
Guest post by Matt Taylor The impact of artificial intelligence on education has mushroomed in the last few months. I admit, I’ve mostly ignored these changes. Today, however, I learned one small way to use AI to enhance learning in my class. I employed an AI tool to write correct answers and believable wrong answers…
Anatomy teachers: Do you know where your bones are from?
I recently read a surprising and disturbing article called Bone Keepers in the September/October 2023 issue of Discover magazine. The article has implications for anyone who uses real human bones (as opposed to plastic models) in anatomy classes. I don’t teach anatomy myself, but I was nevertheless fascinated by the story of the human bones…
Teaching nonmajors biology 