Trauma in the Class, What Do We Do?
What is Trauma? Trauma is pervasive in the high school setting. It’s pervasive everywhere, but it can be very prevalent in a high school classroom. […]
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Science Teachers and the Raiders of the Misconception
Have you ever seen the movie Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark? In the movie, there’s a scene where the intrepid archaeologist […]
Taking a Peek Inside Our Student’s Brains
Have you ever had a conversation with a friend where after a while you need to stop and ask, “how did we get on this […]
Catching Students’ Curiosity
The first step to getting anyone to want to learn something is to capture their curiosity. No one is going to look at a diagram […]
A Look at the STEM Field and Diversity
The field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is a rapidly growing field. As the world become increasing reliant on technology, it becomes ever […]
I Used Drive as an Excuse to Talk About Video Games (I’m Sorry)
Letting My Nerdiness Show I like video games. I’d say it’s the activity that I spend most of my free time doing. But there is […]
Atomic Habits: Patience with the Process
My Struggle with Patience I have to admit, I’m not a patient person. I’m the kind of person who lines my arms with grocery bags […]
Teaching to the Margins: Into the Unknown
Margins, What Are They? Ecologically speaking, margins are areas that sit directly between two distinct ecological areas. Where a forest meets a beach. Where a […]
Exemplary Teaching: Making Something to Care About
When I tell people my goal is to be a physics teacher, I get a lot of weird looks; Furrowed brows, scrunched noses, rolling eyes. […]