I used to give the old “Word”-formatted paper-based tests and quizzes. Believe it or not, when Google Forms was released and my students had 1:1 Chromebooks, I never even considered giving students a unit test as a Google Form on the computer. I worried about…
Plastic in the ocean is a growing problem. It’s essential for science teachers to educate their students about the issue. Approximately nine million tons of plastic waste end up in the ocean each year. As a teacher in a coastal state, I feel a particular…
Digital modeling has become a staple skill in my middle school science class. When my colleague and I decided to try going completely paperless this year due to the pandemic, we had to get creative with how to continue providing our students opportunities to model…
When quarantine began last March, I was totally overwhelmed with how to deliver content effectively to my distance learners. I know I was not alone in this. My overwhelm was compounded by the shear volume of free online resources for teachers in general and for…
Kids are fascinated by the mysterious and terrifying Great White Shark! For this fun digital graphing project, your middle school students will create digital graphs of real Great White Shark data. They will collect their data from the amazing website Ocearch. What is Ocearch? Ocearch…
2020 = Flexibility For anyone who knows me, you know I have a deep love for visual aesthetics. My Cornell Doodle Notes were born out of a need for my students to not only record information but to also do it in a meaningful and memorable way. With…
When it became necessary to deliver ALL of my content through Google Classroom, I looked for ways to inject some FUN into it! Since I can’t see my students’ smiling faces everyday, I hope that I can bring a little spirit to them virtually. I…
I’m one month into the distance learning adventure with my middle school science classes and I have had ups and downs with various tools that I’ve tried. I tried a handful of educational resources that caused my students or me confusion and stress and I…
Maybe it’s in my head because I myself am such a visual learner, but I feel like my students take activities and assignments more seriously when they are aesthetically-pleasing! I think the engagement factor for an activity can be instantaneous with a thoughtfully designed worksheet!…
