An Effective Bellringer For Your Science Class
You already know the first few moments of class are critical. It’s when tone is set and students are most…
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Fun End of Year Inquiry Science Activity
Let me guess- you’re already thinking about the end of the school year. You’re tired, but you’d like one more…
Use Top Secret Encryption To Teach Science
Translate this. I dare you. (Each symbol represents a letter. Answer at the end of this post.) When solving, you…
Save Effort And Increase Participation When Calling On Students
What’s your method of calling on students? Does it take much effort? If it does, popsicle sticks can help! Here’s how…
Stellarium
Did you see the Geminids meteor shower? It was incredible! Whether you did or didn’t, with Stellarium you can still…
Nice Lesson-Alien Periodic Table
http://www.bemidjistate.edu/academics/departments/science/k12-science-units/Alien-periodic-table-middle-school.pdf Just used this today with my students, and it went wel! Used it to review the periodic table; they…
Advice, II
Sometimes new teachers do ask me for advice. It’s humbling, and even though my words to them are far from…
Advice
If a brand new teacher asked you right now for advice, what would you say? If your first impulse is…
Don’t Fall, II
Continuing with the theme of hubris, let’s not forget that we teachers are real people who can also be influenced…
Leadership
A few of us gathered to clean up a fallen tree. Things were chaotic as we started tossing the cut…
The Copier
Ready for a shocker? Let’s say over the course of a year that you run off 100 sets of handouts…
Keep Change
Next time you’re at home getting rid of clothes, save a shirt and pair of pants and take them to…
Keep It Real
Driving home today, a tiny fawn jumped out in front of me. I hit the brakes and swerved hard, and…
Weak & Indecisive, II
A few things I do to keep from getting into a lose/lose situation with parents: Talk to the student (their…
Weak & Indecisive
Went to my boys’ ball game tonight. Ugly game, and I’m not talking about the score. It started with a…
Steps To Seeing Meteors
Wake up early, while it’s still dark Get out of bed, while it’s still dark Go outside Look up Hope…
