New video: “Photosynthesis Power – Plants Make Food!” 🌿
A STEM music resource designed to make plant biology clear, engaging, and memorable for young learners.
Part of Equations & Echoes — curriculum-aligned science songs using multimodal AI + open access media.
Watch: https://youtu.be/6-_nX-QbODA
#STEMEducation #Photosynthesis #LifeScience #NGSS #ScienceCommunication

What exactly is in the plant kingdom? I've been helping SPED students in Biology and classification. Resources I made for them became sought after by college prep and Honors students as well. So I thought I'd share this.
* What should we consider to be part of the plant kingdom?
* Why seaweed and mushrooms aren't plants
* Why is the common definition of plants misleading?
* Okay, so what other organisms belong in the plant kingdom?
* If some algae are plants, then are all algae plants?
* NGSS Learning Standards
#teaching #NGSS #life #Biology #biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience #plants
#Plantae
Biology teachers - did you notice that NGSS ignores classification and taxonomy? A serious problem since, as Theodosius Dobzhansky noted, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution." So how do we justify to a parent or administrator us taking the time to teach about this? See the learning standards at the end of this resource -
https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/classification/
#teaching #NGSS #life #Biology #biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience #classification
#Binomialnomenclature #Linnaean
Why can’t we always use Punnett squares? Turns out they don’t work for most inherited traits.
I'm offering simple step-by-step graphics and explanations that help teachers explain why this is so :-)
https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/2022/03/24/why-cant-we-always-use-punnett-squares/
#Punnettsquares #genetics #teaching #NGSS #life #Biology #biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience
I never could figure out why high school science often overlooks the lymphatic system. I created this resource for teachers, makes it much easier to explain to students. Has some helpful animated GIFs
https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/immune-system/lymphatic-system/
#teaching #NGSS #life #Biology #biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience #lymph #lymphaticsystem
Most folks believe that everything is either living or non-living. For example, people and giraffes are alive - and rocks, chairs, and diamonds are not. Yet we have discovered that life exists on a continuum: there is no clear binary switch between “living” and “not living.” Turns out that there are many things these have some or even most characteristics of life, but are not a complete organism. Understanding this is critical to understanding biology & evolution on an adult level - and I have created a free high-res inforgraphic available for download here
https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/cells/characteristics-of-life/
#teaching #NGSS #life #Biology #biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience
Teaching about cells, organelles, cell transport or reproduction, etc.? I have resources to share.I’ve taught high school for many years, SPED to Honors. The differentiation & adaptations I made for SPED became sought after by other students, even at Honors level. I've worked hard at developing a helpful sequence of ideas, embedded vocabulary support, step-by-step graphics, and analogies.
* What are characteristics of Life?
* Organelles
* Enzymes
* Diffusion and Osmosis
* Endocytosis and exocytosis
* Single-celled organisms - Bacteria and Archaea
* How do cells reproduce?
* The cell cycle, mitosis
* Asexual reproduction
* Meiosis
* Interactive apps
* Learning standards
https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/biology-the-living-environment/cells/
#cells #biology #Organelles #teaching #NGSS
#biologyteachers #scienceteachers #highschoolscience