Passion is defined as a “strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something.” Teachers make lessons come alive when they are passionate.  What gets you going?  Consider incorporating it into your next class.  Be passionate, smile, have fun in the classroom.  Your students will remember you for it.

Found this great resource for making sour dough bread in science class. This project would be great for discussing cell energy, classification (fungi kingdom) or just a really cool science experiment. The graphic alone would be a great discussion point.  All from Januarys issue of NSTA Science Scope. #scistarter   #NSTA 

Eggs are a great tool for modeling cells in middle school.  Kids love to work with them and the challenge of keeping them safe is always fun.  Placing an egg in vinegar over several days will remove the shell.  Once complete, this bouncy egg is perfect for experiments.  Drop it in corn syrup and watch it deflate because of osmosis.  Put it in distilled water and it will swell up as water flows to areas of higher concentration.  Want to have some fun, let your students bring in test liquids when you are all finished, Mountain Dew, Kool Aid and Sprite are popular.  These sugary substances will color your eggs and make them swell up.  In addition, students can examine the eggs with a desk lamp to get a better idea of what is inside.  Don't forget to have the kids mass you eggs daily, this provides for good quantitative data that can be easily graphed.

Looking for resources for these activity's?  Check out a few of our cell resources.