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A great post by James Somers on how to better teach biology, but with lessons for teaching or learning just about anything. #ScholER 

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I should have loved biology

A great post by James Somers on how to better teach biology, but with lessons for teaching or learning just about anything. #ScholER  I should have loved biology I should have loved biology  By James Somers  I should have loved biology but I found it to be a lifeless recitation of names: the Golgi apparatus and the Krebs cycle; mitosis, meiosis; DNA, RNA, mRNA https://jsomers.net/i-should-have-loved-biology

I’m Sam, I’m the curriculum director at Gregorio Perfecto High School in Manila, Philippines. I’ve been an educator and administrator for just over 25 years. Our school is spending a good amount on edtech, but I don’t feel like we’re getting the most out of it. I’d love to learn from everyone what is working for them. Thanks!

Sam Mendoza

“How do you develop a physical understanding of biology? I like pictures. One of my favorite books is called The Machinery of Life, by David Goodsell. It’s full of gorgeous hand-drawn illustrations. Here a bacterium’s flagellar motor is shown in context, then zoomed in on in an inset, with a third picture highlighting its functional elements:”

Just a Zennial trying to make sense and thrive in this crazy world! 🗺 

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