Set your sights on the Margins
Imagine yourself aboard a large vessel traveling across the grand sea. A mild breeze blows through your hair as it pushes the ship across tiny […]
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Improving Drive
As long as anyone can remember civilization has incorporated the carrot-stick rule to produce the effects that they want. We’re all familiar with it from, […]
Science Teaching 2.0: From Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation
What does motivation have to do with learning science? Quite a bit, actually. For students, motivation typically stems from either extrinsic or intrinsic motivators. Too […]
The Keys to Drive: Intrinsic Motivation in the Classroom
Your students aren’t going to benefit in the long run from extrinsic motivation! Intrinsic motivation shifts the responsibility from the teacher to the student. Once […]
Atomic Habits: How small can become gigantic
As we go through life we all dream to be better. We want to be a better athlete, a better runner, a better singer, a […]
Dare to venture out into the Margin
Imagine yourself as a sailor upon a ship venturing out over the sea. You and your fellow crewmates lay about lazily as the sun beats […]
A Note to the Teacher: Teaching in the Margins
What does it mean to teach in the margins? Teaching in the margins is taking (or following) your class into the unknown. GASP! You must […]
What Does it Mean to be an Exemplary Science Teacher?
Think back to your high school career. I know it may seem like decades ago, but everyone has certain memories that stick out in their […]