Investigating How to Make Icy Roads Safer

…a reporter from KUTV2News in Utah explaining why salt and sand are dropped on roads during a winter storm. However, the explanation for why salt is used is not scientifically…

Managing Whole Group Instruction

…seats without permission. They need something tangible to remind them to follow the classroom procedures. I have found that using raffle tickets helps tremendously. I give students 2 raffle tickets

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

number, I always know who has what. John Blake – One of my classroom community jobs is Librarian. At certain times in the day, this student will open the check-in/out…

Investigating Gummy Bears

…Make sure that the salt solution has reached its saturation point. The groups that didn’t add enough salt didn’t see the same results as the groups that did.   Finally,…

5 Math Games Every Classroom Needs to Play

…student crosses off numbers it can’t be and circles numbers it could. The person who guesses the right number, wins and gets to choose the next number. The best part…

Playing the Mystery Skype Game

…team think of a secret number. The players on the other team ask Yes/No questions to try to guess the other team’s number. Is your number higher than 50? Is…

Bucket Seats… Made Easy!

…super easy tutorial on how to make bucket seats from those cheap 5-gallon paint buckets that you can get from pretty much any home improvement store. I actually got mine…