You Have What It Takes
Being a science teacher comes with a lot of difficulties that do not exist in the other disciplines. Many things about the nature of science […]
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Lab Safety, It Just Might Save Your Life
Classroom management is something that is of the utmost importance to every teacher, and it should be. A mismanaged classroom can be an absolute disaster […]
Free, Easy Ways to Increase Teaching Effectiveness
The old methods of teaching have been tossed out the window. New engaging styles of teaching are now widely used in all classrooms. This is […]
If We Can’t Play to Ours, How Can We Play to Our Students Strengths?
Recently, for a methods of teaching science class we were required to participate in the Gallup Strengths Finder Assessment. I had heard about this assessment […]
Constructivism in Stories
Environmental issues are at the forefront of the conversations of many people in the world today. Climate change and global warming are very pressing issues […]
Visualizing Your Learning
Throughout our time together we have talked about about how making your thinking visible and visualizing a students learning are so important for them. It […]
Equity Does Not Equal Equality
In the three panels of this image we see examples of three important concepts that should be in place in every classroom. The first panel […]
Seeing the Fruits of Your Labor
Representations of our learning such as posters and research papers are not the only way that a learner can make their thinking visible to themselves […]
Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover
Students come from all kinds of different backgrounds. They all have different experiences that have shaped who they are. The students bring these into your […]
Working Together, Working To Get There
Collaboration. Conversation. Building off of others. These are all things that are essential for a classroom to be as productive as possible. All of these […]