Q&A with course educators
All online CPD courses from STEM Learning provide an opportunity to ask the educators more detailed questions as part of the course Q&A session. The course educators will record responses …
Course: Teaching Biology: Inspiring Students with Plant Science
Popping giant cells
Traditionally, sections of potato are used to investigate osmosis. Potato tissue is familiar to all students, but some students will struggle to envisage the potato tissue as cellular and this …
What is Osmosis?
Throughout the rest of this week we will be asking you to evaluate different teaching strategies for helping students get to grips with osmosis, starting with the use of animations …
Reflect on your learning
Take a look at your reflection grid for this week. This week Beverley and Alex have helped you explore teaching strategies for addressing misconceptions in plant respiration. You’ve seen examples …
Reflect on your learning
Earlier in the course we introduced the reflection grid as a way to support your professional development through this course (download the reflection grid template if you haven’t done so …
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Teaching Biology: Inspiring Students with Plant Science