The article offers recommendations for academic teachers who deal with natural
sciences in under- and graduate university or college courses. Difficulties are discussed,
and solutions are offered with reference to courses that require the use of a living organism,
an instrument, a model or solutions that are available on the Internet. The paper
proceeds by putting emphasis on frequent mistakes which lead to situations when requirements
that students have to meet are not compatible with the form and content of
classes. Furthermore, the idea here is to provide academic teachers with information on
how to prepare a presentation that would leave a trace in students’ mind. The discussion also includes optimal ways of assessment of laboratories, tutorials and seminars.
Readers are presented with literary as well Internet sources that may prove helpful in
perfecting particular didactic skills which academic teachers need to learn in order to
teach natural sciences courses efficiently. The article ends with a set of practical directives,
a “Didactic Decalogue.
