Quiet Signals and Timers

…timer on their Smartphone as a count down or count up timer. The obvious problem with using this strategy is that you have to have your phone on and you…

5 Ways to Engage Parents Using Google Drive

…account and download the Google Drive app to their phone. For parents without e-mail addresses, I also help them sign up for Gmail, and download the app on their phone

Boom Learning Changes You Need to Know About

Boom Cards are an amazing resource for classroom teachers, and I love creating them! If you’re not familiar with Boom Cards, they are interactive digital task cards that are played…

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…

Teaching Children Not to Be Rude!

…future work place, and in life in general. What causes people to be rude? Before we can help students overcome rudeness and learn to be more caring, it’s helpful to…

Valentine Candy Hearts Math Investigation

…the same number of candies? Inquiring minds want to know! Questions like these provide a perfect opportunity for a bit of data analysis fun! When I posed these questions to…

Family Science Night: Hands-on, Minds-on Fun!

Guest post by Carol Wooten As one walks the hallway on the evening of Family Science Night, the echoes of excited young scientists fill the school building. From extracting strawberry…

How to Form Cooperative Learning Teams

…Index Card Method Write each student’s name on an index card. Deal the cards into 4 equal piles according to student ability (High, Medium High, Medium Low, and Low) Choose…

Hands On Geometry – Part II

…to create a net, measure each side, find the area of each side, and add it all together. Volume Back to the food again! Using the marshmallows (they are cheap