Gr. 11 Biology (SBI3U)

Bringing Evolution to Life: 5 Engaging Activities for High Schoolers in Gr. 11 Biology (SBI3U)

Need some tried and true ideas for your Evolution unit in Gr. 11 Biology? All 5 of the ideas outlined below perfectly target the Ontario curriculum learning objectives. Keep things fresh by throwing in a few of these options this year! 1) PBS NOVA Documentary – What Darwin Never Knew:  I start the unit with …

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Engage Students in Classification with…Fecal Transplants!?

Does anyone have to teach Classification?  You know…Domain, Kingdom, Phyla, Class, Order, Family Genus, Species? For years I knew that I was only doing a mediocre job with this content.  And I LOVE this area (hello, my IG feed is full of nature!) but the standards weren’t translating to anything exciting in my classroom. How …

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