Increasing Minorities in STEM Starts in the Classroom
Working in STEM is a collaborative effort. Most STEM careers rely on input from multiple STEM professionals, collaboration, and referencing work of others in the […]
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The Magic of the Margins
Being from Kentucky, I’m familiar with corn fields and their look. The same things, planted in rows and columns, spread apart the same length. There […]
Exemplary Science Classrooms
Close your eyes and imagine this scenario: a classroom with white walls, a row of desks, and a teacher lecturing to the students. Imagine the […]
Exemplary Science Teaching: A Classroom of Curiosity
What does it mean to be an exemplary science teacher? Science is all about curiosity. It’s about observing something in the world and asking “Why?” […]
Addressing Misconceptions in Science Teaching
Sometimes students can have common misconceptions in the science classroom. As a science teacher, it is important to address these misconceptions and find the root […]
Unpacking ‘For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood’: Transformative Lessons in Education
The book For White People Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest if Y’all Too by Christopher Emdin, has reshaped my instructional approach. In […]
Fostering Resilient Learners: Trauma-Informed Teaching
As educators, we can learn a lot from the book, “Fostering Resilient Learners”, by Kristin Souers and Pete Hall. Oftentimes we are put into the […]
Trauma Informed Teaching: How do we get there?
Teaching not only ourselves, but also our students on how to be resilient as science learners will better prepare them for scenarios they might encounter […]
Making Thinking Visible in the Science Classroom
Making thinking visible in the science classroom can look many different ways. It is vital to do so in your classroom! It is important because […]
Welcome to my Classroom: MTV
As an educator, it is important to think about the differences between schooling and education. Schooling is simply the action of students going to school […]