Fostering Resilience
Educators play a critical role in shaping the learning and development of their students. This is why we must make it a priority to create […]
science education
Headache or Hiccup: Science Misconceptions
What are alternate conceptions of science? How do they affect students and teachers alike in science classrooms? Let’s take a deeper look and examine an […]
Thinking Made Visible
What kinds of thinking do you value and want to promote in your classroom?What kinds of thinking does that lesson force students to do? The […]
Let’s Visualize Student THINKING!!
THE 4C’s TEACHING METHOD: This method of teaching is best used with an assortment of texts or passages. Students will be pushed to make connections, […]
ENGAGE Students Using the Science All Around You!
It takes a lot these days to get kids interested in science class! In this post, you will find five foolproof methods of attention-getting to […]
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, […]
Leave the Road Less Traveled…Head for the Margins!
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by” Robert Frost Everyone has heard of taking the road less […]
Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Being An Exemplary Science Teacher
The future science educators of our cohort this year have similar worries about what their career will look like and how effective of a teacher […]
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. […]
I’ll Change Your Mind (about chemistry)
When I got to college, I took general chemistry in my first semester. The lecture hall was filled with 175 students, mostly freshman, who were […]