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Supports student progress toward attainment of the learning standards
Reflects current scholarship in your field and "best" classroom practice
Using 400+ Ways to Show What You Know encourages students to use their learning styles and interests to apply biology to new situations.
Incorporates technology (when used) into instruction to enhance learning and to assess student performance
Some of the ways to show what you know involve the use of computer technology--particularly Internet and multimedia. This year I am adding ideas that make use of the new gel electrophoresis equipment and CBL equipment that we have purchased. I am also working with a math teacher to explore ways to incorporate more mathematics and use the vocabulary that math teachers would use in their classes.
Student Handout
400 + Ways to Show What You Know
1. Act as teacher for one day and teach a class
2. Adopt a species from the zoo and become a specialist on it
3. After each class, make a 'What interested me" and "Why should I care?" list
4. Analyze a diet plan
5. Arrange for a field trip for the biology club
6. Arrange for a guest speaker for the biology club
7. Arrange for a lab for biology club
8. Attend all of the Western New York Science Forum programs at University at Buffalo and write a journal response about each of them
9. Be a reviewer of videotapes on the biology of space travel from NASA
10. Become a lab specialist for a marking period and serve as a lab assistant who answers questions for other students during lab classes or makeup labs
11. Before any lab be sure to write down what you think will happen (from what you already know)
12. Build a compost bin and write instructions for its use
13. Care for a section of school lawn
14. Chart change
15. Choreograph a dance to simulate a biological process
16. Classify a collection of plant or animal specimens
17. Collect examples of biologically incorrect advertising and explain why they are incorrect
18. Collect examples of enzymes from a grocery store or pharmacy and design labs to illustrate their action
19. Collect information of holistic medicine
20. Collect information on a national park and plan a nature study trip to this park
21. Collect information on aging
22. Collect information on cancer prevention, detection and treatment
23. Collect information on closed ecosystems and then set up several examples for the classroom
24. Collect information on how zoning is being used to protect natural habitats
25. Collect information on hydroponics and set up miniature hydroponics demonstration gardens in the classroom
26. Collect information on one endangered species that lives in the Western New York area and develop a plan for "saving the ____"
27. Collect information on the biology of beauty products
28. Collect information on the biology of body building
29. Collect information on the diagnostic products available in a pharmacy and how these products are used
30. Collect information on vegetarianism
31. Collect information on the anatomy, physiology, behavior, evolution, and ecology of a pet
32. Collect magazine and newspaper articles that involve questions of bioethics
33. Collect magazine or newspaper articles and write quizzes based on these articles
34. Combine information from various sources
35. Compare different ways of preserving food
36. Compare two different types of organisms
37. Complete a college application
38. Conduct a field investigation
39. Conduct a research investigation of the ecology of an aquarium
40. Conduct a research investigation of the ecology of one type of plant or animal found in the school yard
41. Conduct a survey to see what seniors remember most about biology
42. Conduct and analyze an opinion poll on a bioethical issue
43. Create a board game
44. Create a brochure
45. Create a card game
46. Create a catalog
47. Create a classroom chart
48. Create a collage
49. Create comic strips
50. Create a computer timeline
51. Create a conversation with a famous person
52. Create a costume
53. Create a crossword puzzle
54. Create a dictionary game
55. Create a "document based question" for biology that is like the first question on an AP United States History examination
56. Create a genetics family of "creatures" to represent many inheritance patterns
57. Create a hypothetical cemetery
58. Create a "Jeopardy" game
59. Create a learning safari
60. Create a magazine
61. Create a microscope scavenger hunt
62. Create a mobile
63. Create a mural
64. Create a museum
65. Create a newspaper
66. Create a pictionary game
67. Create a public relations campaign
68. Create a quiz
69. Create a robotics organism
70. Create a room
71. Create a simulation to model a biological process
72. Create a test
73. Create a time capsule to illustrate the progress of biology at some historical time period
74. Create a transparency overlay series
75. Create an academic Olympiad game
76. Create an advertisement
77. Create an archeological or fossil excavation
78. Create and explain a series of personal analogies for biology concepts
79. Create bingo games that could be used to review for the biology final examination
80. Create biology art by scanning and then changing biology illustrations
81. Create globes
82. Critique the explanation of a topic in a textbook
83. Debate the use of animals for research
84. Decorate the room to illustrate one biological theme--energy, organization, genetics, development, homeostasis, interdependence, or evolution
85. Define death
86. Define healthy
87. Define life
88. Demonstrate a lab procedure
89. Demonstrate and explain optical illusions
90. Demonstrate the biology of a sport
91. Demonstrate the biology of dancing
92. Describe health care in a historical time period
93. Describe the anatomy and physiology of an organism
94. Design a book of experiments for young children
95. Design a butterfly garden
96. Design a college program for a nontraditional major that combines an interest in biology with an interest in another field of study
97. Design a concept map with missing words and see what words other students select to complete the map--explain why their choices are right or wrong
98. Design a follow the clues game
99. Design a forensic mystery lab
100. Design a landscaping plan for a 100X100 suburban lot to support wildlife
101. Design a series of labs to investigate how biological rhythms effect humans
102. Design a shelter for the homeless
103. Design a solar heated greenhouse for the school--include a materials list and budget
104. Design and build a low cost classroom lighting system for plants
105. Design and build and use a cold frame
106. Design and conduct your own lab
107. Design and film a commercial for biotechnology products
108. Design and film a community service advertisement
109. Design and plant a garden
110. Design both a lab and a field experiment to demonstrate the effect of an environmental factor on a community
111. Develop a classification key for
112. Develop a scoring guide that could be used to grade someone on their application of ecology knowledge to real life actions.
113. Develop and implement a GO M.A.D. project--a project in which you "make a difference" in your community
114. Develop instructions for converting current biology labs into microscale version
115. Diagram a concept
116. Discuss what your life and your families life would be like if you had a specific genetic or communicable disease
117. Dissect and compare two vertebrate animals
118. Dissect foods
119. Dissect various types of produce and describe them in terms of plant anatomy
120. Do a laboratory experiment
121. Do a laboratory research project
122. Do a multimedia presentation for the school's "Unity and Diversity" day
123. Do a pedigree
124. Do a report using only graphic representations
125. Do a role-playing exercise
126. Do a series of posters on art in nature
127. Do a show and tell
128. Do an annotated bibliography of books
129. Do an interdisciplinary project that relates a biology topic to all of your classes
130. Do an interpret water tests
131. Do and interpret soil tests
132. Draw a picture
133. Draw cartoons
134. Elaborate on
135. Establish guidelines for making a decision
136. Estimate the number of organisms in an ecosystem or the number of cells in an organism
137. Evaluate a consumer product
138. Evaluate the solution to a problem
139. Explain
140. Explain how a "nonscience" career may require knowledge of biology
141. Explain how antibodies are used in medical diagnosis
142. Explain how enzymes are used in biotechnology
143. Explain how molecular genetics is used in medical diagnosis
144. Explain how organic gardening differs from regular gardening
145. Explain something to your class
146. Explain the risks and benefits of nuclear medicine
147. Explore how to solve the local "deer problem"
148. Extend a unit by preparing two more days of lesson plans for the topic
149. File illustrations according to the chapters in your textbook
150. File labs according to the chapters in your textbook
151. File microscope slides according to the chapters in your textbook
152. File reference materials according to the chapters in your textbook
153. File test questions according to the chapters in your textbook
154. File transparencies according to the chapters in your textbook
155. Film an interview with someone
156. Find a place that deals with the topic you are studying and see if you could volunteer there to learn more about the topic. Have your "boss" give your teacher weekly reports about your progress.
157. Grow a class garden of plants grown from seed
158. Grow a class garden of plants using vegetative propagation
159. Grow herbs and explain their use as medicines
160. Have a contest
161. Have a scavenger hunt
162. Have an art show
163. Identify a scientific concept develop and illustrate sample assignments that correlate with the Seven Intelligences
164. Identify a scientific concept develop and illustrate sample assignments that could be used by students with four different learning styles
165. Identify a scientific concept write a series of essays that show progress in understanding that concept over time
166. Illustrate a story or text
167. Illustrate how different graphic organizers can be applied to the same biological concept
168. Integrate ideas from other subject areas
169. Interview an elderly person about the process of aging
170. Interview people to learn about the diversity of perspectives on a bioethical issue
171. Invent an inexpensive but accurate metric balance
172. Invent labs that could be done using film cans
173. Invent labs that could be done using soft drink bottles
174. Investigate the ecology of a moss covered rock
175. Investigate the ecology of a pine cone
176. Investigate the ecology of one square meter of school yard
177. Keep a biology journal in which you write about biology for 10 minutes per day
178. Keep a diary of your observations
179. Keep a hypothetical diary
180. Keep a hypothetical journal
181. Keep a journal of how biology helped you develop your sense of humor, sense of responsibility, sense of curiosity, sense of adventure, etc.
182. Keep a real diary on a topic
183. Keep a real journal on a topic
184. Keep a study journal
185. Learn to use biofeedback
186. Make a annotated reading list of 100 biology related books that your classmates could read for book reports
187. Make a backyard bog garden
188. Make a backyard water garden
189. Make a book cover
190. Make a child's book
191. Make a claymation video of a process
192. Make a closed ecosystem
193. Make a collection and classify the organisms in the collection
194. Make a collection of 100 easy demonstrations to introduce textbook chapters
195. Make a collection of 100 "one minute readings" to introduce textbook chapters
196. Make a collection of biology quotes that are filed by unit
197. Make a collection of information on bio_____ careers such as bioengineering, biochemistry, biomathematics, biogeology, bioillustration, etc.
198. Make a collection of information on the biology of chicken wings
199. Make a collection of information on the biology of holidays
200. Make a collection of songs that relate to biology
201. Make a comparison chart
202. Make a computer graphic
203. Make a computer program to model a process
204. Make a computer simulation
205. Make a concept map
206. Make a cookbook
207. Make a data base of biology field trip locations within 20 miles of school
208. Make a data base of guest speakers for biology
209. Make a data base of mentors for biology students
210. Make a diorama
211. Make a first aid kit that could be used for your family if you were going to be shipwrecked on a deserted island for a year
212. Make a fish pond
213. Make a game
214. Make a "Garden of Microbial Delights"
215. Make a graffiti wall
216. Make a hypercard clip art file
217. Make a hypercard stack of test review questions
218. Make a instruction book on hazardous household products and their safe handling and disposal
219. Make a list of 100 bioethical issues
220. Make a list of 100 questions that students could use for ideas for lab research projects
221. Make a list of 100 things you could teach someone about biology in a grocery store
222. Make a list of 100 things you could teach someone about biology in a pharmacy
223. Make a list of 100 things you learned about biology by having a cat or dog
224. Make a list of 100 things you liked most about biology
225. Make a list of 100 ways in which your biology knowledge has been helpful in art class
226. Make a list of 100 ways in which your biology knowledge has been helpful in English class
227. Make a list of 100 ways in which your biology knowledge has been helpful in Math class
228. Make a list of 100 ways in which your biology knowledge has been helpful in physical education class
229. Make a list of 100 ways in which your biology knowledge has been helpful in Social studies class
230. Make a list of 100 ways you could teach a family biology at the dinner table
231. Make a list of different analogies that could be used for the same concept
232. Make a list of everything you know about a topic
233. Make a list of food additives and preservatives and investigate their safety
234. Make a list of problems that all organisms have in common and how they solve these problems.
235. Make a list of stress reduction techniques
236. Make a list of the 100 most important things that you learned in biology class
237. Make a list of ways to get natural highs
238. Make a mind map of the ecological implications of a common household object
239. Make a mobile
240. Make a model
241. Make a model of a process and demonstrate how it works
242. Make a movie
243. Make a music video
244. Make a nature museum
245. Make a nature trail
246. Make a portfolio for a famous biologist
247. Make a portfolio of five samples of your work that illustrate
248. Make a poster
249. Make a puzzle
250. Make a scale model of a "giant" cell
251. Make a scrapbook of information on a human disease
252. Make a scrapbook of information on biological pest control
253. Make a scrapbook of information on the biology of human behavior
254. Make a scrapbook of newspaper/magazine articles
255. Make a scroll
256. Make a series of flashcards on a topic (include words and pictures)
257. Make a series of molecular models for organic compounds
258. Make a time capsule
259. Make a time line
260. Make a videotape
261. Make a word search
262. Make an animated computer show
263. Make an animated videotape
264. Make an illustrated glossary that could be used to review for the biology final examination
265. Make an organized card test file
266. Make an organized set of notecards for a term paper
267. Make an outline
268. Make an scrapbook of cartoons filed by unit
269. Make banners
270. Make bumper stickers
271. Make logos for tee shirts
272. Make maps
273. Make of list of 100 questions you have about a unit that biology textbooks don't answer then find the answers to at least 1/2 of these questions
274. Make pins
275. Make "review summary" book covers
276. Make several different models to represent the same concept
277. Make study cards
278. Make summary of notes to review all the information
279. Make up quizzes for another student
280. Map areas in the town that should be protected nature areas
281. Observe how the kinds of plants and animals in an ecosystem changes over time
282. Observe town planning board meetings
283. Order and file 100 free reference materials from Federal Government information source listing
284. Order and file 100 free reference materials from the Educators Guide to Free Science Materials
285. Order materials for a lab
286. Organize a convention
287. Organize a directory of World Wide Web home pages for biology
288. Organize an anthology
289. Participate in Earth Club activities
290. Perform a debate
291. Perform a monologue
292. Plan a computer search on a topic
293. Plan a field trip to a meat store that shows how it could be used to demonstrate biology concepts
294. Plan a field trip to a nursery that shows how it could be used to demonstrate biology concepts
295. Plan a field trip to a pet shop that shows how it could be used to demonstrate biology concepts
296. Plan a field trip to a pharmacy that shows how it could be used to demonstrate biology concepts
297. Plan a field trip to a produce store that shows how it could be used to demonstrate biology concepts
298. Plan a field trip to a toy store that shows how toys could be used to demonstrate biology concepts
299. Plan a hypothetical trip
300. Plan and begin a school tree planting program
301. Plan and conduct a class nature walk in the school yard
302. Plan and cook balanced menus that could feed a single person for a week for $20
303. Plan and cook meals for a balanced diet
304. Plan and cook meals for a special diet
305. Plan and implement a school recycling program
306. Plan how to change the school yard into a nature preserve
307. Play charades with a theme
308. Ponder why can some organisms do things (i.e. regeneration, camouflage, etc.) that humans cannot?
309. Predict the future
310. Predict what biological progress will be by year 2010
311. Predict what would happen if ......
312. Predict what you think will happen in the future
313. Prepare a data base of biology related volunteer positions for students
314. Prepare a hypercard stack on biology careers
315. Prepare a series of one minute lessons
316. Prepare a talk on the physiology of exercise
317. Prepare a videotape on study skills for biology
318. Prepare an hypercard stack of scanned images for biology
319. Prepare and present handouts
320. Prepare and present overhead transparencies
321. Prepare illustrated class notesheets
322. Present a CD-ROM program
323. Present a laser disk program
324. Present a multimedia program
325. Present a panel discussion
326. Present a slide program
327. Present a talk show
328. Pretend you are an object traveling through a human system and explain what you would experience
329. Pretend you are an organism and describe what your life would be like
330. Prioritize what you know about a topic
331. Produce a illustrated "diary of an organism"
332. Produce a videotape demonstrating a lab
333. Produce a videotape demonstrating how to do something
334. Protest an injustice
335. Re-enact historical or fictional events
336. Read a biology book that is written in a foreign language
337. Read and report on a science fiction book
338. Read and report on an antique biology book
339. Read and report on an antique biology teacher's magazine
340. Read articles in recent magazines concerning the topic you are studying
341. Read Science News magazine a week and write a journal response for the article that you found most interesting
342. Read Scientific American magazine each month and write a journal response for the article that you found most interesting
343. Read two books from the literature of biology list and keep a journal as you read
344. Recommend possible actions
345. Recopy all the notes given to you by your teacher
346. Record it on an audio tape
347. Record sound effects
348. Recreate a meeting
349. Research an endangered organism and write a series of advertisements to promote action for their survival
350. Research the pros and cons of homeopathic medicine
351. Research why some organisms have remained relatively unchanged through geologic time
352. Revise a lab to be more fun or more relevant
353. See and report on science fiction movies
354. Select 1000 "most important" words from a glossary and explain your choices
355. Select a common object and create a concept map of the biology of that object
356. Serve as a laboratory assistant who helps set up and clean up for biology labs for a marking period
357. Set up and maintain a sealed ecosystem in a soft drink bottle
358. Set up and maintain a terrarium
359. Set up and maintain an aquarium
360. Shadow a biologist for a day
361. Share your biology knowledge with your family and have each member of your family make a list of 50 ways in which they have applied what they learned from you to their everyday life
362. Show and explain a film
363. Show and explain a filmstrip
364. Show and explain a videotape
365. Show it using mime
366. Show multi-cultural experiences
367. Solve a problem
368. Solve a problem in the classroom
369. Spend a day on a farm and report on the biology of farming
370. Start with species of animal or plant and show that during the school year you can demonstrate that these species have evolved.
371. Study one unit of A.P. Biology and pass a college level test
372. Study the communication of other types of organisms and compare their communication to that of humans
373. Summarize each days class in a series of notes that could be accessible to absent students so that they know exactly what they missed
374. Take a CPR course
375. Take a daily walk and keep a journal of your observations
376. Take a first aid course
377. Take a lifeguard training course
378. Take a lifesaving course
379. Take an adult education course
380. Take part in a mock trial
381. Talk about it with someone who knows more about a topic than you do
382. Talk for 10 minutes each day with a partner about everything you don't know or understand and keep a journal on your conversations
383. Talk to your parents about what you learned in biology each day and keep a journal on your conversations
384. Teach other students how to use computer bulletin boards to find biology information
385. Tutor another student
386. Use a computer simulation
387. Use and write about one of the biology interactive computer programs
388. Use glossaries from college level texts to make lists of words that have the same beginning but different endings. Make an illustrated glossary of these words that would make it easy for other students to remember the differences between their meanings
389. Use the computer program MORPH to illustrate the evolutionary history of a human
390. Use the video microscope to create a record of the microorganisms that you have observed in pond water then identify these organisms
391. Visit a diagnostic lab and collect information to illustrate how lab results are used in diagnosis
392. Write a biography of a biologist
393. Write a biography of an organism
394. Write a biological autobiography
395. Write a biology lab based on a computer simulation program
396. Write a book of home biology experiments for young children
397. Write a diary that describes your life for a week as another organisms
398. Write a "facts of life" book for a young organism
399. Write a grant request
400. Write a lab practical exam for biology students
401. Write a lab to be used for Dandelion Day in May
402. Write a letter of recommendation for yourself for a biology related job
403. Write a library research report
404. Write a "Life's Little Instruction Book For Biology Class
405. Write a "Life's Little Instruction Book for a Better Earth"
406. Write a "Life's Little Instruction Book for a Healthier Life"
407. Write a list of neat ways that you remember hard concepts
408. Write a parable
409. Write a research journal
410. Write advice columns
411. Write an "I am Joe/Jane's _______" article.
412. Write an illustrated book of poetry based on observations of living things
413. Write an "Incredible Voyage" description of a trip through a human system
414. Write an observation log for an organism grown in the classroom
415. Write and film a documentary
416. Write and film a soap opera to illustrate a bioethical issue
417. Write and film a TV show
418. Write and illustrate a comic book
419. Write and illustrate a pop-up book
420. Write and illustrate a "what's my baby like before and after it's born" book for a sibling
421. Write and perform a comedy routine
422. Write and perform a commercial
423. Write and perform a news broadcast
424. Write and perform a play
425. Write and perform a puppet show
426. Write and sing a song
427. Write and tape an radio broadcast
428. Write and tell a story
429. Write and tell jokes
430. Write and tell riddles
431. Write Ann Landers or Dear Abby columns
432. Write cinquains about biology concepts
433. Write creative essays based on observation of living things
434. Write current event pages for a newspaper
435. Write essays
436. Write fairy tales
437. Write instructions for a safe weight loss program
438. Write instructions for safety in the lab and in the home
439. Write letter to the editor
440. Write letters to a friend about what you learned in biology each week
441. Write letters to politicians and newspapers to support a position on a biological issue
442. Write nursery rhymes
443. Write obituaries for famous biologists
444. Write on the blackboard
445. Write poems
446. Write progress reports about what you did for biology each night
447. Write science fiction stories
448. Write short stories
449. Write speeches
450. Write your own test (with clever questions that require thought and answers that are tricky)
451. Write a journal that includes these "chapters"
- something that was difficult
- things you are proud of
- things you would like to forget
- where you learned something new
- where you reached a solution
- where you started to figure it out
- where your need to keep searching for ideas
452. Add 50 new ideas to this list of ways to show what you know
