By mid-semester, science teachers know which equipment gets used, which supplies are running low, and where shortages are making investigations harder than they should be. This week’s Monday Blog offers a practical science lab checkup to help teachers and department leaders identify equipment gaps, improve classroom readiness, and make smarter purchasing decisions before the second half of the year.

Halloween is full of shadows, eerie sounds, glowing materials, skeletons, and strange reactions, but each one can become a real science investigation. This week’s Monday Blog shows how teachers can turn seasonal curiosity into hands-on lessons built around prediction, measurement, data, and evidence while keeping the science at the center.