The Anatomy of a Human Leg
Sculpting the musculature of the lower leg Human anatomy is often taught using a systems approach–skeletal system, nervous system, digestive system, muscles, and so forth. In a living organism, all those systems seamlessly interact, but finding student activities that integrate body systems can be a frustrating task. This activity integrates the skeletal system with musculature. […]
CSO Tips for Teachers: Interactive Lessons and Simulations
Do you know the benefits of using Carolina Kits 3D labs on CSO? Set yourself up for success with these tips. Resources to save you time Carolina Kits 3D labs include resources to save you time and help you get more out of the lessons. With the dissection techniques video in the Frog Dissection BioKit, […]
Carolina Essentials
Discover free 3-D/NGSS activities for your science classroom. Did you know that we offer a series of free, hands-on, NGSS-based activities called Carolina Essentials™? These activities are designed to make implementing 3-D learning easy–just select the activity you want and download it. Hands-on science is important for every student and across all disciplines. It’s how […]
Borax Snowflake
This lab activity will guarantee a snow day! Teach solutions and crystallization while making snowflake decorations for your classroom. Looking for an activity to do that will guarantee a snow day? Help your students learn about solutions and crystallization while making snowflake decorations for your classroom. Borax is the common name for sodium tetraborate decahydrate, […]
Care Guides for Living Organisms
Care Guides forLiving Organisms View Guides Care Guides forLiving Organisms View Guides Helping you provide the right care for your critters. Using living organisms for labs and instruction can greatly enhance and extend student learning. Whether you’re using microorganisms for an experiment, raising and crossing Wisconsin Fast Plants®, or keeping an aquarium full of fish […]
Building Careers through Exciting New Fields of Biotechnology
BioBuilder gives students the chance to integrate biology and engineering through hands-on lessons and club activities.
Take the Stress and Rush Out of Ordering Your A&P Lab Materials
Last-minute ordering stress is a common problem for many lab managers and anatomy and physiology instructors. For one reason or another, you’ve put off placing an order for supplies or equipment, and the next semester or the end of your school’s fiscal year is looming large. We know how much you dread that last-minute scramble […]
Carolina’s Young Innovators Program Inspires Students
Carolina helps students envision themselves as STEM innovators through free stories about regular students. The inspiring students featured in Carolina’s Young Innovators program will surprise and captivate students. They demonstrate the amazing achievements that happen when students take action to answer a question or solve a problem in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). By […]
Dissection Artifacts for Three-Dimensional Instruction
By using models, diagrams, group discussions, peer review, labeling exercises, etc., we can create student portfolios that detail the growth of each student throughout a unit of instruction. Artifact is an exciting and a thought-provoking word. It brings to mind the idea of archaeologists on digs in far-off lands–scientists discovering exotic and rare finds that […]
Autumn Leaves Craft Project
This activity takes a look at autumn leaves as objects of aesthetic beauty and scientific interest. For this activity, each of your students uses colorful autumn leaves they have collected to create a decorative arrangement on a sheet of waxed paper. You then cover each arrangement with another sheet of waxed paper and seal the […]