Photosynthesis
Carolina has everything you need to teach photosynthesis. Understanding this concept sets the foundation for many other biological concepts.
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 […]
Investigating Phenomena: How Do Plants Grow?
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. Â Â Observations: Carefully watch the plant growth video that takes place over 90 hours. […]
Webinar: Life Cycle and Growth and Development
Join us for a live webinar to explore hands-on-learning opportunities using Wisconsin Fast Plants®. Life Cycle and Growth and Development with Wisconsin Fast Plants® One lesson we can take away from 2020 is the importance of hands-on learning and how valuable classroom time is for creating learning opportunities. How can we build on those experiences […]
The Fast Plant Life Cycle
Let Wisconsin Fast Plants® Grow on You! Wisconsin Fast Plants® are so captivating to watch as they grow and develop that even students who are tough to reach become engaged and attached to them. Time after time, I saw students I least expected to be interested in anything science come to my class during a […]
Webinar: Building Understanding of Mendelian Genetics
Join us for a prerecorded webinar to see a 3-D lesson modeled with Wisconsin Fast Plants®. Building Understanding of Mendelian Genetics Across Grade Bands Using 3-D Learning One of the strengths of the 3-D learning model is that it is iterative, continually building on prior understanding. However, implementing it can be difficult. In this one-hour […]
Webinar: Adapting a Lesson on Selection to Remote Learning
Using Wisconsin Fast Plant polycot seed lines to teach natural selection This webinar presents strategies for adapting a hands-on, minds-on lesson for remote learning or a socially distanced biology classroom, with minimal increased prep time. As a bonus, this webinar marks the debut of a new variety of Wisconsin Fast Plant Seeds, that have an […]
Webinar: How to Succeed at Growing Plants in the Classroom
Explore strategies for growing Wisconsin Fast Plants®. How to Succeed at Growing Plants in the Classroom Have you thought about teaching with plants and using them in experiments in your classroom, but hesitated? Growing plants in the classroom is one of the easiest ways to introduce students to scientific practices, and Wisconsin Fast Plants® investigations […]
Webinar: Making Sense of Inheritance Data
Empower students to build an understanding of the importance of sampling size and repeated trials with Wisconsin Fast Plants® crosses using CODAP (Common Online Data Analysis Program). This webinar looks at a new way to let students explore data. We delve into a sample lesson that allows students to examine phenotypic data collected from Wisconsin […]
Investigating Phenomena: What Causes Flowers to Open?
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 video of the opening flowers, which occurs over 13 hours. Gather […]