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Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
Fast Plants 101
I was asking myself how can I adapt this to meet my curriculum ? I decided to use the fast plant and cabbage butterfly to investigate life cycles and environmental issues. When I teach these areas in the late winter and spring, I will incorporate the Brassica butterflies. I would also like to introduce the fast plants in September so that the students can write in their journals about what they see; just open inquiry, maybe even make suggestions of what might happen next. Since I am not aware of what level I will have in the fall, I will probably do an introduction lesson and then plan for future inquiry lessons when I know my grade level. Each time I see the fast plants, I get a new understanding and awareness of how useful fast plants can be in inquiry. I will also tie my lessons into a multiple intelligence format. Thanks for the inquiry lab, I learned that sometimes open inquiry,(no directions just do your own thing), can be an excellent way to find out how people think and organize information.