Help your students master analyzing graphs and diagrams and writing claim evidence reasoning scientific explanations with these free practice problems
Image credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI On July 14, 2015, after launching 9 1/2 years ago, New Horizons finally reached its destination, Pluto. It is the first time we have gotten a close up view of this beloved Dwarf planet. Nasa is now gaining more information about this amazing object. Some of these new
For some, summer is just getting started, for others it is coming to an end. Around this time teachers start heading to stores for back-to-school sales and start thinking about the first few weeks of school. With that in mind, I have decided to put together a three-part series to
Two weeks ago we had a few kids over for a just because slumber party. In between playing video games and soccer the kids wanted to do a science experiment. So we did a simple science experiment that I do with my students in class. We made slime.To make slime
Wondering how to improve student learning so that they retain the information they are being taught? According to Edgar Dale, students have a 75% chance of learning the information when they practice doing the information and a less than 10% chance when they are lectured on it. Our job is
The 4th of July is a great time to celebrate the birthday of our country and the science of chemistry. All the different colors that you see in the fireworks displays are possible because of chemists mixing elements and compounds together. The American Chemical Society has some great ideas all
In an age where students are coming into our classroom with smartphones, ipods and tablets it is essential that we talk about digital citizenship. Our students are on social media all the time from facebook to instagram to snapchat or whatever is the new and hip social media site to
                        Fun with Candy Three candy experiments differentiated to meet the needs of all learners from K-8     Being a mom of a 2 year
Why I chose Schoology for my LMS When I first started to integrate technology in my classroom I needed a place for students to get the assignments and to post about them. A few teachers at my school were using Edmodo for this and I jumped on
Tackle the Common Core Science Literacy Standards using CER (Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning) When people think of common core they think of English and Math. However, all subjects are part of the common core. In science, along with our science standards we have the common core science
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 accountable for watching
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
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. They then got to
Help guide your students understand how to write CER paragraphs with these sample practice problems
