Tests, tests, and more tests. Do you sometimes feel like all we do is test. Between quizzes, unit assessments, quarterly tests, semester finals, and state testing it seems like students spend one third of their school time testing. They are told that they need to make sure that ... READ the POST
How to Teach Motion Graphs Through Inquiry
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, then stand, then jog and ... 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