During my thirty-year career in the classroom, I occasionally worked with colleagues who resisted the contractual requirement that they turn in weekly lesson plans. As veteran teachers, they felt that ...

In the first five years of teaching, writing lesson plans was absolutely necessary for me. Meticulously I planned the period, minute to minute insuring that everything was covered... just in case.

Conservation biology is considered by some to be a “crisis discipline.” Decisions within the field must often be made quickly, sometimes without enough time to gather all of the data one would ideally ...

"Educators, artists, and lovers of nature alike, I would like to invite you to partake in this lesson plan as a fun activity that brings awareness to our biodiversity and the presence of native ...

What we teach in school classrooms every day matters — it can set students up for life. But if we don't deliberately build students' background knowledge over years of learning, then we limit their ...

With the right inspiration and a little improvisation of your own, making your own creative curriculum lesson plans can deliver far more engaging experiences for students. So, how do you find new ...

This lesson plan provides students with evidence that all living things grow and change as they progress through their life cycle. All of the activities detailed in this lesson plan can be done with ...

I always thought that I would retire from teaching when I no longer loved the profession, was “burned out” and was looking forward to more free time. This was not the case for me. I decided to retire ...