34. Teaching Biology - 4 Things NOT to Do

Whether you know what classes you are teaching next year already or if you are waiting for your schedule, I am here to help! In the upcoming weeks, our episodes will be content-specific to help YOU walk into this school year with confidence. We are starting today with my personal favorite course, BIOLOGY!

In today’s episode, I am sharing four things you should NOT do when teaching biology. We are talking about why you shouldn’t teach macromolecules in an isolated biochemistry unit and what to do instead, why teaching biochemical reactions only on a micro level is challenging to your students, what to do instead of teaching mitosis and meiosis together, and why addressing misconceptions when teaching evolution is important.

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Resources: 

• My biology curriculum
• Biology scope and sequence
• Biology Basics unit
• Ecology Unit
• Energy Flow Unit
• Cells Unit
• Genetics Unit
• FREE Evolution Pre-Survey
• Class set of clipboards
• Download your FREE Classroom Reset Challenge.