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Need a New Idea for Your Histology/ Tissue Unit? Check this STEM Activity Out!

Need an engaging Histology/ Tissues STEM activity for your Anatomy & Physiology class? In this activity, students become the creator of a unique virus that will serve as an antidote to the rapidly transforming zombie population. Their task is to design a virus that will counteract the drastic changes that occur to specific tissue types as a human transforms into a zombie. Continue reading

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Zombie Bites: A New Trace Evidence Activity for Halloween

What do you get when you combine zombies, trace evidence, and fake wounds? A fun EASY PREP trace evidence project your Forensic students will LOVE (or at least mine did)! Student teams are called on to become members of the elite Zombie Task Force tasked with the job of matching mysterious wounds with the type of zombie that created them. Continue reading

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It’s a “Tardigrade-Party” at ASTA

Explore the world of tardigrades (water bears) with sketch notes and an easy lab Continue reading

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Fingerprint Fuming for Forensics The EASY Way!

Are You Looking for a Better Way to Process Fingerprints with Your Forensics Students? I love superglue fuming fingerprints with my Forensics students but it can be so difficult and messy! This year, I was determined to find a better … Continue reading

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Designing a Prosthetic Hand an Engaging STEM Challenge for Anatomy

What Do You Get When You Cross a Box of Drinking Straws, Yarn, and a Group of Inventive Teenagers? A Prosthetic Hand, of Course! Design a prosthetic hand STEM activity for high school anatomy and physiology Continue reading

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Case of the Missing Coat: A Christmas Crime Scene PBL for Forensics

What Happens When Santa Realizes His Magic Coat Was Stolen From His Closet? He calls 911 and deploys E.L.F.S. (Evidence Locating Forensic Squad)! Continue reading

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Zombie Wound Healing Lab REVISED

Studying the Integumentary System can be a little boring so this year we tried something different by creating gross, realistic-looking wounds to explore wound healing. Continue reading

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The Pink Eye of Death– A Medical Mystery

Students become medical detectives as they investigate this mysterious death. Continue reading

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Cute “Anatomically Correct” Valentine!

Looking for a cute heart Valentine (anatomically correct, of course!) for your high school students? How about creating an Anatomically Correct Valentine Heart? Continue reading

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Medical Mystery PBL for Anatomy & Physiology- Skeletal System

There’s Been A Massive Bus Crash and ALL Our Patients Were Onboard…. Oh NO! My students get into ANY story~ That’s why they love our PBL projects! We are using our life-sized “stackable” patients throughout the year as they investigate … Continue reading

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