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Category Archives: Strategies
Need a Cute Activity for Valentine’s Day? Create an “Anatomically Correct” Valentine!! Now with UPDATED DIAGRAMS!
Need a Cute Valentine’s Day Activity? How about Creating an Anatomically Correct Valentine Heart? I developed this several years ago and always used it with my Anatomy and Physiology classes. They loved it! Some years, I had the students draw … Continue reading
Newsflash—Publication Date is Getting Closer!
In case you haven’t heard… Our book has been submitted for publication and should be available within the next few weeks! My daughter (a trauma nurse) and I have collaborated to create a comprehensive, student-friendly (and teacher-friendly) 400 page review … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy & Physiology, Instructional Coaching, Sketch Notes, Strategies, Teaching
Tagged activity, Anatomy and Physiology, formative assessment, high school, high school anatomy, high school learning, High School Science, human body, instructional coach, instructional strategies, Pedagogy, science, Science Teaching, secondary school, Sketch Notes, sketchnotes, Sketchnoting, strategic teaching, Teachers Pay Teachers, teaching, teaching and learning, teaching strategy
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Medical Mystery PBL for Anatomy & Physiology
How do you keep 120 teenagers engaged in a memorization-heavy class? This is a question that has kept me awake many nights! My Anatomy and Physiology classes are really large this year. I have 4 sections and close to 120 … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy & Physiology, Anatomy Practicals- Stackables that Teach, Project Based Learning PBL, Strategies, Teaching
Tagged anatomy, Anatomy and Physiology, Anatomy Practicals- Stackables that Teach, anatomy project, high school anatomy, high school learning, High School Science, high school science PBL, PBL, project based learning, secondary school PBL
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The Complicated Patient: An Authentic PBL for High School Anatomy
What’s more fun than an autopsy? If you read my previous post (read it here )on the big review PBL I wrote for my Anatomy students (& will use to review A&P in Forensics as well), you know how much my … Continue reading
Assistant Medical Examiner Training Program- A Comprehensive PBL for High School Anatomy (or Forensics) Classes!
How Do I Keep My Students Engaged At The End of The Year? How About Training To Be Assistant Medical Examiners? It seems like every school year…. I flip the calendar to May and my students start thinking school is … Continue reading
Ever Wondered How I Use Sketch Notes With My Anatomy Classes? Keep Reading!
Heart Structure & The Circulation of Blood I drew these Sketch Notes the same way I taught my students to draw the heart easily (see original post with step by step instructions and video here). I think it … Continue reading
Posted in activity, Anatomy & Physiology, Instructional Coaching, Sketch Notes, Strategies, Teaching
Tagged anatomy, Anatomy and Physiology, biology, blood flow through heart, cardiovascular system activity, circulation, circulatory system, high school, medical drawing, nursing, Pedagogy, science, Sketch, Sketch Notes, sketchnotes, Sketchnoting, the heart
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Anatomy Practicals- Stackables that Teach: A Life-Sized Human Body Project- The Muscular System!
3D Learning in Anatomy… I’m HOOKED! This year, I’ve been experimenting with providing my Anatomy classes opportunities to learn the human body in different ways, rather than the traditional “I can label a flat diagram with all the correct parts” … Continue reading
What is My Process for Drawing Sketch Notes for My Students? Here’s A Step-By-Step Guide!
You’ve Used Prepared Sketch Notes & Doodle Notes But You’d Like to Create Your Own…. But How? I’ve been creating Sketch Notes for my students for several years (ever since I had a student in AP Bio whose first language … Continue reading
Posted in Anatomy & Physiology, biology, Forensics, Instructional Coaching, Sketch Notes, Strategies, Teaching
Tagged Anatomy and Physiology, art in science, biology, Doodle Notes, Forensics, High School Science, Pedagogy, science, Science Teaching, Sketch Notes, sketchnotes, Sketchnoting
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Looking for a Cute Thanksgiving Activity for Anatomy? How about an “Anatomically Correct” Hand Turkey…
Every Kid Loves to Make a Hand Turkey at Thanksgiving Right?? My students are in the middle of the Skeletal System right now. Since they are having a lot of trouble remembering the bones of the wrist, I tried to … Continue reading
