Interactive Notebooks have been a staple in my classroom for years. But when I shifted to NGSS, my interactive notebooks needed a serious upgrade. Here are some of the changes that I have made to my interactive notebooks. I used…
If you are an elementary science teacher, you have probably seen that there are two different suggested models. These models, the Topic Model and the Thematic Model for NGSS, are available for kindergarten through fifth grade. What does “Model” mean…
You know that you should be using phenomena in your NGSS classroom. But what are phenomena? Where do you find it? What makes good phenomena? Get the answers to all of your questions here.
I am often asked if I have an NGSS Scope and Sequence for a given course. But your scope and sequence will depend on the resources and instructional materials as well as the phenomena that you choose. To help, here…
Do you know what an NGSS bundle is? If you aren’t sure, this is a great place to start. Get all of your questions about NGSS bundles answered.
Many teachers are feeling frustrated that the resources that we have spent time creating in our classroom can’t be used in a remote learning setting. But that isn’t necessarily the case, especially if your team has access to Google Apps…
The activities below are a great way to give the students in your science class a brain break. They also make excellent team-building activities. What are brain breaks? Brain breaks are activities that can be done in the science classroom…
Some of our best resources are in PDF format. Unfortunately, these aren’t editable for a our students. Learn how to use Google Presentations to make your PDFs editable and ready to post in Google Classroom.
Creating bundles is an important step in creating cohesive storylines. In fact, many consider it the first step in the process. Here are 5 tips for creating NGSS bundles. Here are five secrets that will help you create NGSS Bundles….
I love using Google forms for Assessment. It is a great way to provide students with questions that help them with state test prep. Google Forms also helps me create easy to grade assessments. When I started writing this blog…
