It is already June, and I dont' feel like I've done anything of importance! Maybe, that is a good thing :) Today I have sat down to map out my biology class curriculum-again. I do this every summer to incorporate ideas that I've discovered over the year. Today, I am focusing on my labs that I do/want to do in class. I still love my lab notebook and how it's changed over the last 13 years, but I'm not sold on my analysis/feedback system for the all-important: POST-LAB. In the past I've incorporated both formal and informal write-ups, analysis questions, summary/conclusion paragraphs. About 10 years ago, after attending a summer workshop that incorporated white boards, I was sold. I purchased shower board and cut it into pieces (approximately 2'x3'.) Since then, I have used the whiteboards for the peer-review section of the lab with gallery walks and rubrics (check out whiteboard stands here.) The mini-poster is similar, in that the students will put t...