Tag: science teaching

Slay all of the Dragons: Top five ways to be a literacy hero for your middle school students

February 7, 2022

You’re on an epic journey as a cross-curricular teacher! All that lies between your students and academic success is a whole lot of dragons. Win the day (and the year) by using my top five tips for planning effective nonfiction reading and writing lessons for your middle school students. … More Slay all of the Dragons: Top five ways to be a literacy hero for your middle school students

Teacher Tech Tips: Axe the Boring Science Safety Talk and Help your Middle School Students Interact with Science Lab Rules

July 19, 2021

Middle school science teachers, learn how about a fun and interactive science lab safety activity for your beginning of school year plans! … More Teacher Tech Tips: Axe the Boring Science Safety Talk and Help your Middle School Students Interact with Science Lab Rules

Using Seasonal Changes as a “Spring”-Board for Student Learning During Your Earth Science Unit

March 21, 2021

The best gift for the first day of spring  is a sunny day! After receiving enough snow for a district-wide snow day last week, the first day of spring sprung with sunshine the whole day. And while I might have been thrilled to emerge from my winter hibernation, I also ended up with a bit … More Using Seasonal Changes as a “Spring”-Board for Student Learning During Your Earth Science Unit

Teacher Toolbox: How to Use Your Own Adventures to Inspire a Sense of Wonder for Nature in your Science Classroom

September 16, 2020

And it’s not even Earth Day. I simply opened my phone and, bam!, there was this old picture of me and the Moeraki Boulders. Make famous by GOT and international Instagrammers, the Moeraki Boulders are just super cool. Signage at the beach says that scientists disagree about how these freakishly spherical rocks were created but … More Teacher Toolbox: How to Use Your Own Adventures to Inspire a Sense of Wonder for Nature in your Science Classroom

Intersecting Learning Standards: The Power of adding Social Studies Concepts to Science Lessons

August 25, 2020

Some science standards are so boring that after reading them three or four times, the purpose of the standard loses its meaning. Recently I was looking over the Next Gen Science Standards (NGSS) for Matter and Its Interactions and encountered a standard about synthetic materials. Most units that cover this standard for middle school include … More Intersecting Learning Standards: The Power of adding Social Studies Concepts to Science Lessons