Investigating Phenomena: Why Do Bees Dance?
Carolina Phenomenon Phenomena-driven science! Phenomena are observable, naturally occurring events that are everywhere and spark student questions and investigations. Ask students to observe the DCI-linked phenomena in the video and complete the attached student sheet prior to remote learning discussions. Observations: Carefully watch the dancing bee video. Gather all the evidence you can from the […]
Integumentary System
Integumentary System Introduce Integumentary System The integumentary system is made up of the skin, hair, and nails. Its main functions are protection, regulation, and sensation. The skin is the largest organ in the human body, and it contains a variety of receptors that sense touch, temperature, pressure, and pain. The Integumentary System infographic provides a colorful representation […]
Investigating Phenomena: Why Do Fish Swim in Schools?
Carolina Phenomenon Phenomena-driven science! Phenomena are observable, naturally occurring events that are everywhere and spark student questions and investigations. Ask students to observe the DCI-linked phenomenon in the video and complete the attached student sheet prior to remote learning discussions. Observations: Carefully watch the school of fish video. Gather all the evidence you can from […]
Boost Your Anatomy and Physiology Lab Budget with Grants
Budgets and all the administrative work around them are always top frustrations and stressors for lab managers and college or high school anatomy and physiology (A&P) instructors. We’d like to help you because we understand your stress for two reasons. First, many of us on the Carolina team are former instructors–we’ve literally been there. Second, […]
Teaching and Learning Science in the Era of COVID-19
Schools and universities closed in March, presenting science teachers and instructors with many new challenges associated with remote learning. Moving instruction to online classes overnight is a challenge, but when a course includes science labs, the challenge can be even greater. Across the country, as schools and universities make decisions around re-opening, teachers need to […]
What Is a Light Year?
Understanding Unfamiliar Units This activity gets students out of their desks to practice measuring and manipulating units in a fun, interactive manner. Conversion units of distance are often too awkwardly large to manipulate when discussing planets, solar systems, and galaxies. Units such as light-years are useful when discussing enormous distances but are difficult for students […]
Improvements to AP® Biology and AP® Chemistry Kits
Discover new features in kits that support the AP® curriculum and your classroom. Over the past several years, we have changed our AP® Biology and AP® Chemistry teaching and learning materials based on input from teachers and students, as well as on changes to the curricula. Now our Carolina Investigations® for Use with AP® Biology […]
Do-It-Yourself Snowflakes
Snow delights most students and frustrates most teachers. Please everyone when you create snowflakes in the comfort of your classroom. Introduction Growing snowflakes in a bottle can be a fun demonstration to show your students, or they can grow their own snowflakes in class or at home. This is accomplished by using household materials and […]
It Takes Guts to Teach A&P
Anatomy and physiology (A&P) is such a high-stakes endeavor for your students. All of them will be challenged some will excel, and many will struggle to master it– even though career goals and dreams are on the line.
Foaming Rainbow Demonstration
Dry ice is added to a basic solution of dish detergent and universal indicator. Commercially, dry ice is used as a refrigerant in the food industry. Your students may be familiar with seeing a piece of dry ice, the solid form of carbon dioxide (CO2), bubble in water to create an eerie fog. Carbon dioxide […]