I love the zombie trope, and so do many of my students who have been initiated into fandom through The Walking Dead.
I decided to celebrate zombies by making an activity that uses the idea of zombies to teach scientific concepts. This is especially fitting because it's now October which means that:
I decided to celebrate zombies by making an activity that uses the idea of zombies to teach scientific concepts. This is especially fitting because it's now October which means that:
- The new season of The Walking Dead has started.
- All Hallow's Eve is almost upon us and kids are primed to respond to all things creepy, scary and blood encrusted.
- Yesterday, thousands of zombies descended on Toronto. I'm not even joking!
Toronto loves a good zombie, even our infamous mayor, Rob Ford. Here is Ford partaking of a choice bite at one of the Annual Toronto Zombie Walks.
To celebrate Halloween and my love of zombies, I created an activity called The Science of Zombies that uses zombies to teach several different scientific concepts: transmission of contagion, rabies, prion diseases, brain damage, congenital insensitivity to pain, hyperthyroidism and tapeworms. I've never had so much fun making a resource before. My love of zombies, plus my love of creating engaging student resources, were perfectly married in this endeavour.
I couldn't help myself, I used this product in my own classrooms last week. I couldn't wait until Halloween! I gave it to my Gr.12 Biology Class, as well as left it as a sub plan for my Gr.9 Science Class. Both classes were very engaged and learned a lot of science!
THE SCIENCE OF ZOMBIES product includes:
(1) 6 page article (with diagrams)
(2) 2 page question worksheet with answer key {editable}
(3) 1 page zombie apocalypse survival guide {editable}
(4) 1 page crossword {editable}
(5) 1 page quick mark quiz {editable}
(6) 2 page lesson implementation guide
I always put my science articles in Duotang booklets to save paper and photocopying costs. After printing them out and inserting them to Duotangs, I had a whole class set. The prepared Duotangs were perfect when I had to use the article for an emergency sub plan since all the supply teacher had to do was photocopy the worksheets that accompanied the article.
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To celebrate Halloween and my love of zombies, I created an activity called The Science of Zombies that uses zombies to teach several different scientific concepts: transmission of contagion, rabies, prion diseases, brain damage, congenital insensitivity to pain, hyperthyroidism and tapeworms. I've never had so much fun making a resource before. My love of zombies, plus my love of creating engaging student resources, were perfectly married in this endeavour.
I couldn't help myself, I used this product in my own classrooms last week. I couldn't wait until Halloween! I gave it to my Gr.12 Biology Class, as well as left it as a sub plan for my Gr.9 Science Class. Both classes were very engaged and learned a lot of science!
THE SCIENCE OF ZOMBIES product includes:
(1) 6 page article (with diagrams)
(2) 2 page question worksheet with answer key {editable}
(3) 1 page zombie apocalypse survival guide {editable}
(4) 1 page crossword {editable}
(5) 1 page quick mark quiz {editable}
(6) 2 page lesson implementation guide
I always put my science articles in Duotang booklets to save paper and photocopying costs. After printing them out and inserting them to Duotangs, I had a whole class set. The prepared Duotangs were perfect when I had to use the article for an emergency sub plan since all the supply teacher had to do was photocopy the worksheets that accompanied the article.
