You know those CRAZY first 5 minutes of your class when it seems like all of your kids are running around and yelling that they don’t have a pencil. When kids coming up to your desk telling you they were…
You can’t possibly spend MORE time working. Instead, learn how to make your prep time work for you.
One of the most frequent complaints that I hear from teachers is that their students aren’t able to work independently in their classroom. While this may be true, this can totally be learned. In fact, a major focus of my…
Before I set some boundaries around the time I spent working, I was frazzled, anxious and grumpy. The time I was investing wasn’t paying off. Find out what changes I made.
If you are here, you likely are interested in using the CER framework in your science class. While this is an excellent framework for teaching the practice of engaging in an argument from evidence, it isn’t without its challenges. For…
Argumentation helps scientists to understand the world around them. Also, it is a tool that we use in our everyday lives to improve our understanding of a subject. However, argumentation was absent in previous versions of the standards. Here is…
I have gotten several messages from people over the last few weeks about how I create Next Generation Storylines. Honestly, it is a difficult question to answer, because I am not a linear planner. But, I’ve come up with a…
I have been using interactive notebooks in my science classroom for over 10 years. I have made countless changes to my notebooks since I started using them all of those years ago. Below, I will tell you everything that I…
The NGSS Crosscutting Concepts are one of the three dimensions of the standards. There are many uses for them in your science classroom. However, teachers often underutilize them. Below I explain what the Crosscutting Concepts are and how to use…
Science and Engineering Practices are one of the three dimensions of the NGSS. They represent a significant change in science education because they empower students to take the lead in their own education. And, they represent a shift away from…
