Combating Misconceptions Before Class Even Starts
Birds flap their wings up and down to fly, blood in our veins is blue, seeds are not alive, and when wood burns the wood […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Did you ever see yourself in STEM?
Diversity in STEM matters! Diversity is important to show those groups that are underrepresented in society that they have a place in STEM. Many communities […]
Roadtrip to Success, Your car or mine?
There are always speed bumps, detours, and even breakdowns on the road to success. Drive by Daniel H. Pink discusses how we shape the way […]
Margins in the classroom: The Unsung Harmony
Can you imagine a song without any harmonies? How boring would that be? No one would even listen to it, but we create that same […]
Teaching to the Moon and Back – Exemplary Science Teaching
Why it is necessary to bring wonder, imagination, and inquiry back to the classrooms! For centuries, we have been teaching with basically the same methods. […]