Classroom Science: Cells and Genetics

11/4/2025

State: Armed Forces AE

The course was great. Instructor was clear and responsive also quick to grade assignments. Loved the self-paced concept. Sometimes the platform was hard to navigate and oftentimes several clicks were required to navigate to part of the class that should have been much easier to get to.

8/12/2025

State: OHIO

Great assignments! Enjoyed working with the creative lessons provided.

8/12/2025

State: NEW YORK

Great course!

6/24/2025

State: VIRGINIA

The class was a good way to practice creating lessons plans based on the "Cells and Genetics" concepts. It was an easy class to manage and easy to understand.

5/29/2025

State: MASSACHUSETTS

I really enjoyed taking this course. I learned a lot about cells and genetics and appreciated the real-life lessons that I can take away and use in my classroom.

5/7/2025

State: NEW JERSEY

I had a great time

5/7/2025

State: PENNSYLVANIA

I thought I would be learning more about cells and genetics but it was more just lesson planning.

5/6/2025

State: PENNSYLVANIA

It was such an interesting class!

3/14/2025

State: GEORGIA

This course provided valuable insights into integrating Biology, with a focus on cells and genetics, into the science curriculum. The experiments and activities offered hands-on learning experiences that can be applied in various settings. I also learned how to align lesson plans with state and national standards, enriching my students' understanding of biology and enhancing their learning experience.

1/11/2025

State: MASSACHUSETTS

I thought the structure of having numerous materials in which to choose and implement is the perfect setup for an experienced and practicing educator.

12/5/2024

State: NEW JERSEY

Great course for a variety of lessons for cells and genetics.

8/7/2024

State: NEW YORK

Thank you ! feel like I can se many of these activities within my classroom!

8/7/2024

State: CALIFORNIA

7/5/2024

State: CALIFORNIA

I truly enjoyed this course on cells and genetics. I have taught this subject in my 7th grade Life Science for the past few years and now have many new ideas and experiments to add to the class. The students love hand-on experiments and learn so much more from the experiences. The materials for the experiments are readily available and even can be brought in by the students. The supplies representative of the organelles were a great example. The students were engaged and better understood the concepts with the help of the lab. Thank you for building a great course.

7/1/2024

State: PENNSYLVANIA

I really enjoyed the course, it gave me better insight how to further implement the topics into the classroom.

6/24/2024

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Professor Jessup class on Cells and Genetics was awesome. This is a lot of information to teach to students and these lessons and experiments made students forget that they were learning. It made teaching this subject fun. My students were excited to come to class and really learned a lot. Thank you again Professor Jessup. I would highly recommend this class.

5/27/2024

State: NEW YORK

4/1/2024

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This is one of the most useful courses I have ever taken as an educator. The resources are directly useful within the classroom and the flexibility to choose what best fits my students was greatly appreciated. I am a better educator as a result of my experience in this course. Thank You!

3/25/2024

State: PENNSYLVANIA

11/16/2023

State: PENNSYLVANIA

10/13/2023

State: MASSACHUSETTS

Great class

9/13/2023

State: TEXAS

My experience with this course has been quite positive. The curriculum materials provided a structured and comprehensive approach to teaching various concepts related to cell biology. The experiments were engaging and allowed students to get hands-on experience, enhancing their understanding of cellular processes

8/25/2023

State: PENNSYLVANIA

8/6/2023

State: OHIO

8/3/2023

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Another excellent experience with a Fresno class!

7/27/2023

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This course had many lesson plan resources ready to go for my classroom.

7/5/2023

State: NEW YORK

6/25/2023

State: PENNSYLVANIA

I learned a lot of new information about the topics discussed in the lessons myself. Genetics is a very interesting topic and can make for certain interactive discussions.

6/20/2023

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This course was perfect for my continuing education courses! It allowed me to work asynchronously and expand my lesson plan repertoire.

5/4/2023

State: PENNSYLVANIA

4/13/2023

State: NEW JERSEY

4/12/2023

State: PENNSYLVANIA

I really enjoyed taking this course! There are many examples of useful hands-on activities.

3/31/2023

State: NEW YORK

3/14/2023

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Great experience. The class was perfect, and provided me with a plethora of options so I was able to pick and choose assignments that were beneficial to me and my students.

3/4/2023

State: CONNECTICUT

SCI-907 has had myriad implications for both the learning of the students in my charge as well as for my own professional development. The resources were quite rich, making the course very much worth it from both financial and value of time perspectives. Such links as resource 24 and resource 39, to name but two which illustrate how carefully compiled and well-rehearsed content is housed in the course. These and many other articles, models, illustrations, simulations, quizzes, and videos made for excellent presentation materials with many adaptations across grade levels and instructional purposes. It had been quite some time since I had last delved this deeply into biology concepts, which was worth doing as I continue to develop more lesson plans and tweaks to my middle school teaching practice. The core of materials presented within SCI-907 provided the content base from which I was able to modify and add my own personal materials to and know that cells and genetics were being covered from a more objective angle. It is easy enough to search for the resources that I prefer using on the open internet, but having that editorial discretion of a stayed hand as in this course, means I have been able to expose my students to this and helped hone my own sense of which materials should be used in future years. From a standards acquisition and skills attainment perspective, the course has been beneficial as well. Students were given rigorous tasks which aligned carefully with the CCC, the DCI, and the SEP. It is not easy to make every lesson hit upon each of these things simultaneously, but the continued exposure to more materials in SCI-907 certainly helps add to the layers of complexity required. Having the capacity to use a simple content objective for the day for some students, and to be able to work through SEP and CCC with more high-fliers, assists not only in a science/curricular way, but engages students and provides for a less involved classroom management from the teacher. Finally, when considering the two sides of differentiation, enrichment and remediation, it is all the more important for myself as a teacher to have additional exposure to the sorts of methods that the 907 course has been centered around.

12/19/2022

State: CALIFORNIA

The course helped me reflect on my previous experience as a secondary classroom teacher, while also helping me review resources that can be implemented in my current role as a science content specialist.

8/12/2022

State: NEW JERSEY

5/31/2022

State: PENNSYLVANIA

5/12/2022

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This was an excellent course with wonderful resources to use in biology classes for any level of student. The instructor was very helpful and quick with his feedback. Overall, this was a great experience.

4/7/2022

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Great class with amazing ideas to incorporate into my teaching next year.

2/27/2022

State: WASHINGTON

Mr Harms has so much experience and conducts such an interesting class. The experiments are extremely worthwhile and will provide me with material for years to come!

2/16/2022

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Great class with a lot of great ideas.

12/19/2021

State: NORTH CAROLINA

Great course, I learned a lot and it wasn't difficult to complete it in a few months, while still teaching.

12/7/2021

State: Armed Forces AE

Awesome

11/9/2021

State: OHIO

Excellent course for adding new and interactive lessons into your repertoire.

11/2/2021

State: MARYLAND

8/3/2021

State: MASSACHUSETTS

This is a great class. I love going through all of the great experiments and reflecting on how I incorporate them into my class. Teachers never get enough time to reflect on their work and to make adjustments to lessons despite constantly being told by administration how important this practice is. I also very much enjoy taking courses with Marvin Harms. He responds to questions and provides quick feedback. I also like the organization to the course and the flexibility that he provides. He makes it easy to mold the course to best fit what I need to learn to grow as a teacher.

6/5/2021

State: NEW JERSEY

My experience with this course was fantastic! Professor Harms provided wonderfully-organized and extensive lessons that gave me plenty to take back to my classroom! His quick response and valuable feedback made me feel like I was actually in the classroom raising my hand!

5/26/2021

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Overall great experience. A lot of great ideas and activities to do with all students.

3/30/2021

State: CALIFORNIA

This course met and exceeded my expectations, I highly recommend this course to any educator who wants to enhance their curriculum with hands on activities.

3/5/2021

State: ILLINOIS

2/16/2021

State: MASSACHUSETTS

My experience was a positive one! I was able to try new experiences with my students and did not have to spend hours planning them, as they were already planned and ready to go.

8/4/2020

State: PENNSYLVANIA

7/30/2020

State: PENNSYLVANIA

As always, great class for building your classroom tools.

7/25/2020

State: CALIFORNIA

This course allowed me to adapt my curriculum and lessons to my classroom needs. Some of the lessons were repetitive topics which are fine but wish they were all lumped together. so all lessons on organelles or cell size were together. I enjoyed taking this course

7/23/2020

State: NEW YORK

This course was excellent! The lessons were really relevant, teacher friendly, and the feedback is prompt/motivating.

7/14/2020

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This course was very applicable to the classroom and provided numerous resources for creating a hands-on, active environment where students are excited to learn. A very good course!

5/27/2020

State: NEW YORK

3/31/2020

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This was my second Master’s level course I’ve taken with Fresno Pacific and once again I am very pleased. I have found the amount of content in each lesson to be very valuable for my classroom and has once again enhanced my curriculum as a whole. I will certainly take more courses with Fresno Pacific!

3/20/2020

State: OHIO

Professor Harms was wonderful and all the materials he offered through his course were relevant in my classroom. I was able to immediately use the lessons that he shared as well as the many resources that he offered. As a teacher, I am always looking to improve my teaching and I truly believe that Professor Harms has helped me improve my teaching.

3/18/2020

State: OHIO

3/4/2020

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Mr. Harms is an excellent instructor. I was able to apply what I learned to my classroom.

2/26/2020

State: Armed Forces AP

I absolutely loved this course and the lessons it provided for me and my students. The instructor is awesome! Thank you.

2/5/2020

State: OHIO

“My experience with this course has been extremely positive. Dr. Harms has gathered a wealth of lessons, experiments, resources as well as videos. Cells and genes and genetics SCI-907 course was a large catalyst for the development of new perspective and strategies for my 8th grade genetics unit.

12/28/2019

State: NEW JERSEY

Excellent resources! I thoroughly enjoyed this course!

12/23/2019

State: NEVADA

Loved this class!

6/22/2019

State: OHIO

Excellent class and instructor!!

5/28/2019

State: OHIO

5/2/2019

State: OHIO

Professor Harms is incredibly accommodating and is quick to respond to your questions. This class is great for busy teachers who are looking to update their knowledge and classroom activities about cells and genetics.

3/8/2019

State: PENNSYLVANIA

The course provided me with a wide variety of creative experiments and ideas that I can use in my classroom to help students learn about cells and genetics. Thank you, Professor Harms, for all of your feedback and for putting together another great course!

2/24/2019

State: MASSACHUSETTS

2/12/2019

State: MICHIGAN

The professor has some great ideas for the classroom and he also gives prompt and helpful feedback.

1/8/2019

State: MASSACHUSETTS

8/31/2018

State: CALIFORNIA

8/17/2018

State: OHIO

Awesome course!

7/23/2018

State: PENNSYLVANIA

5/18/2018

State: OHIO

Mr. Harms' classes are always amazing! He provides so many helpful resources that I am able to implement immediately in my classroom.

5/2/2018

State: MISSOURI

5/2/2018

State: CALIFORNIA

Great class..even better professor...He is an extremely kind and patient person who is great at his job!

4/13/2018

State: MISSOURI

This was a fantastic course!

4/4/2018

State: OHIO

3/29/2018

State: OHIO

5/30/2017

State: FLORIDA

3/6/2017

State: NEW YORK

I love all the Marvin Harms classes! I learn a lot and have fun taking the class.

2/9/2017

State: CALIFORNIA

5 stars. Great class with a plethora of lesson ideas I will use again with my students.

2/1/2017

State: OHIO

1/10/2017

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Marvin Harms does another excellent job setting up a course for working professionals to work at their own pace. Can't wait to get started for EDU-915

10/25/2016

State: PENNSYLVANIA

10/23/2016

State: MASSACHUSETTS

Many great resources and ideas to enhance curriculum were included in this course.

10/21/2016

State: PENNSYLVANIA

I loved how this course allowed the flexibility to include a variety of experiments at my discretion yet challenged me to try something new or different.

9/18/2016

State: CALIFORNIA

8/1/2016

State: MISSOURI

7/22/2016

State: OREGON

7/18/2016

State: NEW YORK

Loved this course. Another great course by Marvin!

7/9/2016

State: MASSACHUSETTS

Awewsome source for information: assignments, activities, experiments, web sites.

7/6/2016

State: MICHIGAN

6/30/2016

State: CALIFORNIA

I love the format and the hands on materials

6/25/2016

State: NEW JERSEY

I learned a ton during this course! I am excited to implement all of the new activities and lessons into my teaching next year!

6/13/2016

State:

6/3/2016

State: GEORGIA

This course was used for a 10th grade biology class. The experiments were very purposeful, easy to follow, and most materials were easy to acquire. The addition of websites were also very helpful. Some on-line experiment numbers did not match the numbers on the hard copy, but I was able to follow (and I put the other experiment # in parentheses in the forums). Thank you for a GREAT course.

5/20/2016

State: NEW JERSEY

5/13/2016

State: NEVADA

This was a great course. It not only helped me understand the material, but it also gave me great ideas and lessons for my classroom.

5/6/2016

State: PENNSYLVANIA

5/6/2016

State: OHIO

4/29/2016

State: CALIFORNIA

4/22/2016

State: PENNSYLVANIA

4/19/2016

State: Armed Forces AE

4/18/2016

State: OHIO

4/5/2016

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Thank you again for the positive experience.

4/5/2016

State: NEW JERSEY

3/11/2016

State: NEVADA

2/26/2016

State: ILLINOIS

2/4/2016

State: PENNSYLVANIA

1/29/2016

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Awesome Class

12/2/2015

State: PENNSYLVANIA

12/1/2015

State: IDAHO

great course

11/29/2015

State: Armed Forces AE

Thank you for all the great experiments and ideas. What a fun class to take.

8/11/2015

State: WISCONSIN

8/8/2015

State: NEW YORK

7/21/2015

State: NEW YORK

The course was great and informative.

7/14/2015

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Great course to learn and develop new lessons!

7/8/2015

State: CONNECTICUT

7/3/2015

State: FLORIDA

I enjoyed having hands on activities for the students. Several web site were not available but other than that is was good. Four stars

6/10/2015

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Thanks for another fantastic class.

6/4/2015

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Great course. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for innovative ways to teach the subject matter.

5/31/2015

State: NEW YORK

Very useful!

4/13/2015

State: MICHIGAN

12/19/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Thank you for your patience! I look forward to taking more courses next semester.

11/19/2014

State: Armed Forces AP

I am very happy with this methods course. I was able to find so many new options for enhancing my curriculum and adding interest for my students.

8/28/2014

State: NEW YORK

8/18/2014

State: NEW YORK

8/11/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

8/10/2014

State: MASSACHUSETTS

7/25/2014

State: FLORIDA

Fantastic course...Professor Harms has greatideas to enhance the currculum while being a very encouraging teacher...I highly recommend this course

7/22/2014

State: VIRGINIA

7/17/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

6/6/2014

State: MASSACHUSETTS

This course was very helpful and provided excellent resources and practical ideas for labs and other learning activities.

6/4/2014

State: PENNSYLVANIA

6/2/2014

State: MARYLAND

6/1/2014

State: NEW JERSEY

This course was excellent!

5/30/2014

State: OHIO

SCI-907 was a perfect match for me. Thank you Fresno Pacific and Marvin Harms.

4/29/2014

State: INDIANA

4/29/2014

State: OHIO

I LOVED this course!!! I plan to take another one next year! Excellent lab ideas, quick response from instructor.

4/23/2014

State: NEW JERSEY

Great course! Lots of valuable resources!

4/18/2014

State: NEW YORK

4/4/2014

State: OHIO

What a beneficial class for me. Allowed me to gain access to other instructional tools and strategies that I was not aware of before. Fantastic experience!

3/28/2014

State: Armed Forces AE

3/26/2014

State: Armed Forces AE

This was a great course and excellent websites for me browse through for addtional labs ar activities.

2/16/2014

State: MARYLAND

Thank you Dr. Harms for all of your help and work in this course. The experiments are great and really work to help teachers and their students alike. Students enjoy them and they are easy to teach academically and financially.

2/9/2014

State: MAINE

12/14/2013

State: OHIO

I am so happy that I had the advice of a friend to take a class with Fresno. This class saved my life as a first time teacher of science in middle school!!

12/7/2013

State: OHIO

11/5/2013

State: NEW YORK

Good Class

8/31/2013

State: PENNSYLVANIA

8/19/2013

State: CALIFORNIA

7/6/2013

State: ILLINOIS

This course has a lot of ideas to use in the classroom.

7/1/2013

State: PENNSYLVANIA

6/5/2013

State: MISSOURI

5/15/2013

State: IDAHO

5/3/2013

State: OHIO

I found this online class to be very difficult to navigate. Despite being explained, there were too many kinks. The web sites often did not work, and hyper links did not work.

4/25/2013

State: NEW YORK

Thank you, great class

4/24/2013

State: ILLINOIS

Feedback is timely and encouraging. Great class materials.

4/19/2013

State: MASSACHUSETTS

Excellent class!

4/11/2013

State: MICHIGAN

This was a very helpful course for teaching science!

4/7/2013

State: PENNSYLVANIA

A plethora of useful resources!!

2/27/2013

State: WISCONSIN

Lots of valuable ideas for my classroom.

2/14/2013

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This course provided a variety of easy to understand and complete classroom procedures. Teachers will not only add to their current curriculum using this course, but students will have more opportunities to succeed in the classroom after having experienced this material.

2/11/2013

State: NEW YORK

1/10/2013

State: NEVADA

1/5/2013

State: Armed Forces AP

12/28/2012

State: PENNSYLVANIA

12/10/2012

State: OHIO

Loved the ability to customize this course to fit with my current students and classroom evnrionment!

11/30/2012

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Great course, lots of resources!

11/15/2012

State: OHIO

very nice course, it was very helpful.

9/25/2012

State: CALIFORNIA

9/11/2012

State: OHIO

This was an excellent course! The professor was very helpful!

8/28/2012

State: PENNSYLVANIA

8/13/2012

State: MASSACHUSETTS

7/25/2012

State: VIRGINIA

7/19/2012

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Great class! Extremely useful!

7/10/2012

State: NEW YORK

This course was very instrumental in improving my teaching.

7/2/2012

State: WASHINGTON

6/4/2012

State: NEW YORK

6/1/2012

State: OHIO

I think this is a very helpful class for biology teachers. It provided me with many new ideas, activities, worksheets, videos, and interactive websites. I would definitely recommend the class.

6/1/2012

State: OHIO

This course provided me with lots of new ideas on how to teach curricula I am very familiar with. Being able to read the changes, inplementations, and suggestions by other teachers was helpful!

5/23/2012

State: OHIO

Great class for a seasoned teacher. This class provided me with numerous new experiments to use with my future classes. I will recommend this class to my fellow special education teachers!

4/6/2012

State: MASSACHUSETTS

Professor Harms does an outstanding of constructing a course, which is extremely relevant to improving the curriculum being taught on a daily basis.

4/3/2012

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Really enjoyed this class. Alot of great new ideas.

2/15/2012

State: MISSOURI

2/5/2012

State: NEW YORK

1/25/2012

State: VIRGINIA

12/7/2011

State: CALIFORNIA

I really enjoy having the opportunity to select the activities or labs that are suitable to my existing curriculum. I thought this class also offered several video clips that were useful to my students. Professor Harms is quick to return e-mails and consistently informs me of my progress. The courses I have taken from Professor Harms have helped me to improve the hands-on activities in my courses.

11/14/2011

State: NEW YORK

Professor Harms' classes are highly information and well organized. He is very well organized, creative and makes learning fun again! :) His classes are highly recommended.

11/4/2011

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This course allows the students to experience the concepts, not just read about them. Cells and Genetics has provided me with new resources that I can use, and incorporate in my classroom to continue to make learning natural and meaningful.

10/20/2011

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Excellent course.

10/19/2011

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Great class. It gave me plenty of great experiments to do with my kids!

8/5/2011

State: OHIO

Very teacher friendly with our busy schedule!

7/28/2011

State: PENNSYLVANIA

7/19/2011

State: FLORIDA

I loved this course. The instructor, Marvin Harms, was helpful and gave me a lot of positive feedback. I would take a course from Fresno Pacific again and i would take the same instructor again. I was very pleased!

7/2/2011

State: MASSACHUSETTS

This course was extremely useful in revamping my existing curriculum. The labs and activities are appropriate and well constructed to demonstrate difficult concepts.

6/24/2011

State: PENNSYLVANIA

6/7/2011

State: CALIFORNIA

Great course. Thank you.

4/18/2011

State: PENNSYLVANIA

4/15/2011

State: PENNSYLVANIA

This was a great course that I feel will really help to enhance the classes that I teach at BCTHS!

3/16/2011

State: OHIO

Excellent course! Experiments work right into the classroom.

3/1/2011

State: PENNSYLVANIA

A wonderful class! It was great to take the information that you learned and apply it to the classroom in an array of hands on learning experiences. Both the students and I greatly benefited from this course!

12/18/2010

State: NEW JERSEY

Excellent, flexible class full of curriculum resources!

11/5/2010

State: NEVADA

Great class! I like the variety of learning experiences that include resources.

9/6/2010

State: PENNSYLVANIA

Highly recommend this course. Excellent labs and projects.

8/3/2010

State: NEVADA

A n excellent online course that provides a wealth of resource and an opportunities to improve your teaching skills.

7/26/2010

State: NEW JERSEY

Excellent resource for activities and information on cells and genetics.

7/5/2010

State: NEW YORK

Best professional development courses I've ever taken - thanks Mr. Harms!!!