How to Kill Your Audience
“Mr. Romano, can you explain to me the difference between phenotype and genotype again?” “Sure” I replied, “First the easiest way to remember the difference is the following, phenotype is physical and...
View ArticleTaylor Swiftium, Last of the Alkali Metals
I want to admit something here, in public, I watch TMZ every night at 7pm. TMZ for those that do not know is a celebrity gossip website and television program where paparazzi report on celebrities and...
View ArticleI am a Science Teacher
“So you are a scientist?” “Yes, I teach high school science.” “Oh, so you’re not a real scientist.” I would like to say I haven’t had this back and forth before, but I have. First, I am confident in...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to Eat Your Peas
“Alright class, let’s do a genetic problem. If a blue eyed man has children with a homozygous dominant brown eyed woman what are the genotypic and phenotypic ratiossssszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz” Or...
View ArticleExcuses, excuses…
This all starts 10 years ago, when I was a pledge in a fraternity, my freshmen year of college. It was there that I picked up an axiom that I always recite back to my students and soccer players that...
View ArticleAn Alternative Method for Assessing Student Understanding?
[Reposted from KABT.org with permission from the author… :)] In my experience, students have the some difficulty in understanding things in Biology which are not easily observable. When you mix in...
View ArticleVOTE! (Not a midterm reference)
[NOTE: Voting is closed for this school year. Thank you to those that participated. The videos are still available as a playlist below, and you can learn more about the assignment by checking out the...
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