Your Questions About NGSS Bundles Answered
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.
4 Ways to Update Resources for Remote Learning
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…
Science Class Brain Breaks & Team Building Activities
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…
How to Make PDFs Editable for Students
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.
Using Google Forms for Assessment
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…
NGSS Criteria and Constraints
The NGSS Science and Engineering Practice of Asking Questions and Defining Problems asks students to identify the criteria and constraints presented by a given problem. Criteria and constraints are both aspects of a problem that limit a solution. Students should…
5 Mistakes Teachers Make in STEM
Last year, I earned my STEM Certificate and Master’s Degree in STEM Leadership. The program made me rethink some common practices in STEM education. The NGSS are designed to bring a STEM focus into the science classroom. Here are some…
How to Use Google Sheets to Create Graphs
I use Google Apps for Education almost every day in my classroom. One of my favorite ways to use Google is to have students create digital graphs. The video below will show you, and your students, how to use Google…
Unobservable Scales and Mechanisms – Scale, Proportion and Quantity in Middle School
I first ran across the terms “unobservable scales” and “unobservable mechanisms” early in my NGSS journey. I had no idea what these were. Unfortunately, a Google search didn’t provide any answers. Read this post to find out what the terms…
Exit Tickets for NGSS
Exit tickets are one of my favorite types of formative assessments to use in an NGSS aligned classroom. My exit tickets used to be made of low-level knowledge-based questions, but since making the shift to NGSS I have had to…