Kathryn Kennedy
Prairie Seeds Academy
MN

Hi all - Does anybody teach at an IB school in the MYP? I would like to collaborate on creating a one world essay prompt dealing with stem cells. If you're not at an IB school and have done lessons concerning stem cells, I would love some advice. Any articles, data sets or activities revolving around stem cells would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Cheers! Kathryn

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Hi all - Thanks so much for the suggestions! I had tried the flip book idea, but it didn't seem to work with my students that year and so I gave up on it. Maybe I should try it again this year. I loved the mnemonic device, Alyce. That's hilarious! I created a virtual lab for onion root tips (our school has yet to invest in quality microscopes) that I'm attaching. Feel free to use...

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Hi all - Thank you so much for posting regarding this question. I wanted to share a formative assessment that I made to give to my students to see what they understand. This assessment is modified from the article, Myths in Science, in the November 2004 issue of "The Science Teacher". I plan on having them take it individually, then as a table. After they take it as a table, different grou...

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