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 […]
Misc
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 […]
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 […]
How to keep students motivated in science classrooms
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STEM: SHE/THEY/EVERYONE INCLUDED
Within the career paths of science, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), there is a very large population of nonminority men. With a majority of STEM occupations […]
STEM Looks Good On You!
Lack of Representation in STEM Careers The underrepresentation of minorities and women in the STEM field is evident. Black workers make make up roughly 11% […]
Changing Gears: Drive
Motivation is the driving force behind all life decisions. It is what determines our needs, values, and goals in life. When it comes to students […]
Road-Tripping to the Margins
What are Margins “Margins are those interfaces between woods and fields, the land and the sea, along abandoned railroad tracks and highways, between residential areas, […]
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 […]