If you’re like me, you want to have engaging activities during the first days and weeks of your science class that will set the stage for a great year. In this blog post, I’ve rounded up a handful of my favorite activities that will grab…
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Digital Teaching Resources Fun Stuff NGSS Teaching Resources Teaching Science6 Tips for Adding Digital Modeling to Your Science Lessons Using Google Drawings
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…
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Back to School Chemistry Resources Classroom Management Earth and Space Resources Life Science Resources NGSS Teaching Resources Physics Resources Teaching ScienceMust-Have Lab Essentials for Middle School Science
Someone recently reached out to me asking about my top lab equipment essentials for teaching middle school science. I thought this would be a good blog post! I know that I used to struggle every year when it came time to select supplies with our…
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Digital Teaching Resources NGSS Teaching Resources Teaching ScienceTeach Paperless in Your Middle School Science Class!
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…
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Digital Teaching Resources Earth and Space Resources Fun Stuff Life Science Resources NGSS Teaching Resources Teaching ScienceA Graphing Project Using Real Great White Shark Data
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…
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Classroom Management Digital Teaching Resources Teaching ScienceDigital Doodle Notes: 7 Helpful Combinations for Hybrid and Remote Science Teaching
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…
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Back to School Classroom Management Digital Teaching Resources Fun Stuff Middle School Teaching ScienceAdd Some Fun to Your Google Classroom
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…
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Digital Teaching Resources Middle School Teaching ScienceDistance Learning Tech Tools for Science Teachers
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…
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Fun Stuff NGSS Teaching Resources Teaching ScienceAn Experimental Design Project That Is Not a Cookbook Lab
Experimental design is an umbrella term for a big concept! Science pedagogy used to have us box it up with a pretty bow and call it ‘the scientific method’. And in order to practice good science, there is absolutely a value to understanding the objective…
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Fun Stuff NGSS Teaching Resources Physics Resources Teaching ScienceDesigning and Building Mousetrap Cars During Your Physics Unit
Student-designed mousetrap cars are a great way to incorporate engineering and design principles into your physics unit! Student groups will design, construct, and race their mousetrap cars while learning about energy transfer, simple machines, and speed!…
