Students are Always Thinking…let’s Celebrate that In the Classroom!
Sometimes it can seem like students are not thinking in science class. They usually are, whether or not it’s about the lesson depends on how […]
Gotta See it to Believe it! Make Thinking Visible in Your Science Classroom
Making Thinking Visible by Karen Morrison, Mark Church, and Ron Ritchhart is a text the EDT431 cohort women have been studying lately. Sometimes it’s hard […]
Thinking Made Visible
What kinds of thinking do you value and want to promote in your classroom?What kinds of thinking does that lesson force students to do? The […]
Let’s Visualize Student THINKING!!
THE 4C’s TEACHING METHOD: This method of teaching is best used with an assortment of texts or passages. Students will be pushed to make connections, […]
3 Ways of Bringing Your Students Thinking and Understanding to Life
Students know and understand so much in our course, right? If we focus on content and rush through the standards then are we leaving our […]
BEST ways to engage students in science classrooms!
1. Demonstrations I think this is personally my favorite way to become engaged in a concept. I like to physically see an example happening so […]
ENGAGE Students Using the Science All Around You!
It takes a lot these days to get kids interested in science class! In this post, you will find five foolproof methods of attention-getting to […]
RESOURCES RESOURCES- READ ALL ABOUT IT!
Brain Busters: Brain busters are a great start to any class! They create an engaging start to the period and can even incorporate the course […]
Hook-Line-Sinker: Getting Students Interested in the Phenomenon From the Beginning.
Through the 5 E’s learning cycle, students are leading their own learning through inquiry-based discovery. The first step of the 5 Es Learning Cycle is […]
E.N.G.A.G.E.
There are many resources that teachers can use to ENGAGE their students in scientific thinking. In this post I will discuss five affordable resources that […]