Membrane Proteins
Yesterday, as I was discussing the significance of polar and nonpolar amino acids in Proteins, I drew the classic diagram of a channel protein in a membrane on the whiteboard. When I asked the students...
Photophosphorylation
Yesterday I tried a little theatre in my HL class. Students chose roles of the different "characters" of the chemiosmosis process. I pushed the tables away and put the chairs in a oval shape. Students...
Conservation of endangered species
Paul Harris has written a fantastic article ‘The Frozen Zoo aiming to bring endangered species back from the brink’ in this week’s Observer Harris,Paul. " The Frozen Zoo aiming to bring endangered species...
Ecosystems at Risk
Matthew Knight's article in CNNKnight, Matthew. "U.N. report: Eco-systems at 'tipping point' - CNN.com." CNN.com International - Breaking, World, Business, Sports, Entertainment and Video News. N.p.,...
Language in Science
I came across this article "The nature of cell-cycle checkpoints: facts and fallacies". The article is really for supporting teachers' understanding of mitosis but the last paragraph is right on target...