This year I took on the adventure of flipping my 8thgrade science class. I had heard about the flipped classroom from my district’s blended learning group that I belong to. I wanted to try it out but I needed a way to hold my students ... READ the POST
Science Top Ten: Science Saturday
Class Top Ten Review Book As I was packing up my classroom preparing to move into a portable while my classroom undergoes modernization I came across some amazing books I used to have my students do. As a teacher it feels like every year we ... READ the POST
TLAD: Think Like a Disciplinarian
With school winding down and testing over I like to give my students an idea of what real scientists have to do. In this TLAD (Think like a disciplinarian) my students because astro-scientists. They learned how astronomers determine what the characteristics for a habitable planet are. ... READ the POST
Science Stations: mini labs to review for the state test
Every year around this time my students have to take the state science test. It tests their knowledge of all the standards they have learned throughout the year. Trying to refresh the students memories of topics we covered in the beginning of the year can be challenging. In the ... READ the POST
Flipping your class without technology
This year I took on the adventure of flipping my class. I wanted to be able to spend more time working with my students on higher level tasks and less time giving them the basic information. I chose to flip my class to meet that need. Most of the time a flipped class is done with the ... READ the POST
How to use Student Choice in the classroom to Motivate Students
Are your students struggling with staying motivated? Do you find that they are disengaged and don't see the point in learning? One way I have found to help students with motivation is to provide student choices. Giving students some choice in their learning helps them take more ownership in their ... READ the POST