Getting students ready for science testing—state and AP
Chillicothe High School teacher Jamie Metzger directs the Science Lab, a remediation class for those students who need to get higher points on their State Biology test. Last year, the …
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2018 OSC Bioscience winners
State Science Day 2018 is in the books, and it was a good one for soybean-related science! 36 projects applied for the award. The Ohio Soybean Council Foundation (OSCF) sponsored awards are …
NCMS Students on a “ChickQuest”
Sixth-grade science teachers Sarah Clouse, Sara Steigerwald, Anne Aston, and student teacher Lauren Fairley attended “ChickQuest” during the NCCS Professional Learning Day on February 16. In the article below, Mrs. Anne Asto…
“Food Evolution” movie screening addresses food facts
GMOs have generated a lot of confusion and fear in the food world. In an effort to help people become more knowledgeable about the food they eat, the Ohio Soybean …
Presenting: soil compaction!
Parker Hunt and Zach Huff, Battelle interns, were present at the Maker X event at Reynoldsburg eSTEM High School on Saturday. The event highlighted many uses of technology as a …
Who’s your daddy? DNA investigations with gel electrophoresis
Samantha Williams of Bethel Tate High School came up with an attention-grabbing strategy for the use of gel electrophoresis in her science classroom. Students used dyes to solve the problem …
Whole body learning for DNA lesson
Want to move beyond the sedentary science lesson? Melissa Abrams at Hillsdale High School did just that with her grade 9/10 Biology classes. Using an activity from the Ag Biotech workshop, …
STEM learning, peer to peer, with ChickQuest
David Lockard, an Instructional Coach in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, shared about his students’ experience with the ChickQuest program. This year, the third grade scholars at Daniel E. Morgan …