Help your students master analyzing graphs and diagrams and writing claim evidence reasoning scientific explanations with these free practice problems
The national CUE conference was held two weeks ago in Palm Springs and it was amazing. The mission of CUE is to inspire “innovative learners by fostering community, personalizing learning, infusing technology, developing leadership, and advocating educational opportunities for all.” Here are my 5 Big Take Aways from the conference.
Below is a list of five different ways you can use Google Forms in your classroom. 1. Survey Google Forms are a great way to gather information about your students. I like to survey my students at the beginning of the school year to learn more information about
Discover how I took my students love of sports and used it to teach them how to interpret motion graphs in a guided inquiry investigation. I used to find it difficult to have students understand how their motion correlates to a line on a graph. I would have them walk,
True inquiry involves students coming up with their own questions and ways to test the question. The problem that I ran into is the fact that I am required to teach certain topics in a certain time and it leaves very little time for this open-ended questioning inquiry. I still
How can you introduce technology into the classroom without losing student collaboration? Digital Day of Learning is coming up on February 17. Many teachers will be trying new things but going digital does not mean that students are put in front of a device where they only communicate with
Google Classroom, Doctopus, and Goobric a winning combination A few weeks ago Google Classroom, Doctopus, and Goobric made some improvements and now it is faster to grade assignments online and go completely paperless. I just graded 130 lab reports using Goobric and it took me less than 3 hours. Moving
I have a confession, I am a science teacher that does not care if my students learn science. I began my teaching career over 16 years ago, before they had standards. I had set topics that I had to teach but more freedom on how to teach them. My students
What I consider the “typical” teacher style starts with the teacher giving the students the notes, usually through a PowerPoint, and then doing some type of worksheet to practice the information from the notes. The students then go home and do another worksheet for practice. The whole thing starts again
 What Secondary Teachers have learned in 2015 I can’t believe how quickly 2015 has come and gone.  As teachers it is important to go back reflect on what works, what doesn’t, and what needs a little enhancements.  This year I am teaming up with some wonderful secondary teachers to
Winter is the perfect season to mix science with seasonal cheer! Dive into these fun winter science activities that will keep your students entertained while learning a thing or two. Gingerbread Genetics: Creating the Ultimate Gingerbread Man Get ready for a tasty genetics lesson! Explore phenotypes and genotypes by having
Twenty-first-century learning is about helping students become life-long learners. Â Students need to be able to gather information on their own. Â This is a skill that needs to be taught. Â One way I do this is by having students do a guided inquiry using the site thinglink.com. Â Â With thinglink
When I first started teaching over 16 years ago I thought that each year would be easier. I figured the first few years were about creating activities for your classroom and lesson planning and then after that you would just tweak slightly the lessons and that would give you more
Help guide your students understand how to write CER paragraphs with these sample practice problems
