The Final Installment:  Extending and Evaluating Quantitative Skills.

The Final Installment: Extending and Evaluating Quantitative Skills.

A note:  You might want to scroll down, directly to Applying the NetLogo model to avoid my long winded setup...

Insect Trap Designs

Insect Trap Designs

This year, for the first time, I had my environmental science students design insect traps. They worked in groups to...

Curve Fitting AKA Model Fitting–the End Goal

Curve Fitting AKA Model Fitting–the End Goal

Curve Fitting AKA Model Fitting: When I started this series of posts my goal was to see if I could...

Teaching Quantitative Skills:  Data Analysis

Teaching Quantitative Skills: Data Analysis

Managing labs has got to be one of the most difficult things we do as biology teachers.  There is so...

TOP 5 LEAST Favorite Student Questions

It happens to everyone… you’re having a perfectly normal day until someone asks you a question that sabotages your day...