The Ancient Secret for Wise Decisions

…other classroom rules, look at Chapter 7 in “Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids” on Amazon.com. Chris Biffle Director, Whole Brain Teachers of America Website: WholeBrainTeaching.com Facebook | Twitter |…

Going Marbles for STEM Hands-on Learning

…my Forces and Interactions science unit. I developed the activity to address the Next Generation Science Standard 3-PS2-1: “Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of…

Cooperative Learning – More Than Group Work

…in order around the team. After you pose a question, students take turns responding in numerical order. To provide even more structure, give each team member a certain amount of…

Fun Countdown Timers for the Classroom

…discovered a wonderful FREE website with a variety of creative and fun timers. Online Stopwatch has over a dozen timers for counting up and counting down, including the countdown timers…

Teachers, Help MrOwl Help YOU!

…few of the things you can do with MrOwl: Create topic-based collections of resources called “branches” Make your branches public or private Search for, save, and organize online resources Upload…

Leprechaun Luck Math Game Digital Challenge

…it might not, and that’s where the challenge comes in! My free printable Leprechaun Luck Math Game has been downloaded thousands of times, and it can be adapted to many…

Weekend App Attack: 3 Great Classroom Apps!

…Store by clicking HERE. The first reason I love this app is because of the differentiation it provides. The free version comes with two operations: addition and subtraction. For $1.99,…

Investigating Condensation and the Water Cycle

…cups and dried them completely before starting over. Photos by Amy Candler, www.amycandler.com   Create a Plastic Wrap Barrier – The first method was to repeat the experiment and cover…

Halting Back Talkers in Their Tracks!

…specific classroom problems. As described in this series, Rule 1: “Follow directions quickly” addresses slow transitions. Rule 2: “Raise your hand for permission to speak,” targets kids who are spontaneously…