Does this sound familiar. It's the point in the lesson when it's time to give the students the basic information about the topic. You create this great presentation. It has all the information the students need to know including checks for understanding. You set aside 15 minutes during ... READ the POST
Inquiry in Science: Fun with Toys
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 want my ... READ the POST
The Purpose of School
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 learned through inquiry and ... 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