Fostering Student Resilience: How to Deal with Trauma in the Classroom
As teachers, we take on many, MANY roles for our students. These roles include: Role Model Learning facilitator Mentor Coach Counselor And Many More! Because […]
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Lets Address the Misconception in the Room
Everyone once in their lives have believes some type misconception in science. These misconceptions are often learned as a child and have been with you […]
Is it worth it? Duckworthian Teaching to Scientific Discover
Everyone once in their lives has had at least one wonderful idea. This idea could be anything, from putting ice in hot chocolate to cool […]
Visible Thinking… The Visible Guide to Student Growth
As teachers, we always want to see student growth in our classrooms. Whether that be with writing skills, critical thinking, creativity etc. However, classes today […]
Construct your teaching with Constructivism!
One of the greatest ways that you, as a teacher, can ensure your students are grasping concepts in order to apply and analyze them is […]
Teamwork makes the dream work! But only if its Cooperative
Everyone has most likely done group work in the past. Many people, like myself, would dread having to find a group made of people I […]
Motivation: It comes from within, not from a report card
When dealing with anyone where you are seen as an authority figure can be difficult, especially if the people you are dealing with are teenagers. […]
Teaching in the Margins or the Center?
Imagine a forest, what do you see? You probably imagine lots of trees and a covering of dead leaves on the ground. Now, imagine some […]
Exemplary Science Teaching? How do we know we are looking at it?
Everyone has had good and bad teachers throughout their academic career. Think back to your old science teachers. What stands out about your time in […]