Gearing Up for Next Generation Science
…new mandates to include engineering in their curriculum, are experiencing the same anxiety. However, it is entirely possible to integrate engineering into your classroom, even if you have an inclusive…
…new mandates to include engineering in their curriculum, are experiencing the same anxiety. However, it is entirely possible to integrate engineering into your classroom, even if you have an inclusive…
…and I know that a lot of their energy goes into things like setting up classrooms, finding new materials and activities, learning new technology, and downloading beautifully designed templates and…
Guest post by Dr. Shirley Disseler The way we do math has changed! The Common Core offers a new way to look at an old subject and encourages us to…
…several cooperative learning and writing activities. New Google Classroom Resources A few days ago when I realized that Earth Day was just around the corner, I decided to update the…
…Poetry often includes sensory language, and sensory experiences abound during autumn! Free Poetry Video Presentation If you’d like some tips for teaching poetry, watch my free 3-part video series, How…
…partner for the activity is the student whose name is in that time slot! To get started with Appointment Clock Buddies, download the free printables and choose the format you…
…match what we thought we knew about a topic. When students experience cognitive dissonance, they become eager to learn and open to new ideas, so it’s the perfect time to…
…erase boards before erasing them. Another solution is to have students solve the problem on paper on in a math journal. Padlet, a free online tool, offers another way to…
…and I continued to have questions when I tried new strategies or ran into difficulties. It used to be that we could only seek help from educators we knew personally,…
…privileges. Ideas?” Top 20 Creative Ways to Encourage Good Behavior There were so many terrific ideas that I decided to compile them into a new article in my Advice from…
…above. My students really enjoyed learning about the “eight kinds of smart,” and this knowledge helped everyone appreciate each other’s strengths, especially when working in cooperative learning teams. Free MI…
…taught many graduate students at High Point University how to teach with these methods, and they also report great success for their students when they use the techniques as new…
