Click below to hear what your top 5 favorite podcast episodes from 2022 are: We are one year into the Secondary Science Simplified podcast and I am SO GRATEFUL for each and every one of you! To wrap up year one of the show, I wanted to do a recap
Click below to hear about school counselor partnerships, life hacks, and more: Did this year fly by for anybody else? I cannot believe it’s winter break and we’re already at the end of 2022! Winter break is a time to rest, recharge, and have fun. One of my best friends,
Y’all, it has been a YEAR for the Secondary Science Simplified podcast, let me tell you!! This time last year I had just finished recording my trailer (which took me no less than 20 tries) and was anxiously writing up outlines to record my very first episodes. I had no
Click below to hear why I don’t like to assign work over breaks: Confession time: One of my biggest regrets from my time spent in the classroom is assigning homework over school breaks. Not only did I assign homework over breaks, but sometimes I would even assign projects to cover
I feel like this blog over the years has become my personal (but very public) confessional, of sorts. I spent a few years growing up in a Catholic school, so I am very familiar with the ole confessional booth, and this kinda feels like that – but instead of a
Click below to hear ideas for an alternative midterm exam: Winter break is quickly approaching! Unfortunately, that means that midterm exams are as well. Most of us are required to give some sort of midterm exam and although scantrons are fast and easy, as we’re thinking of all the exams
It’s officially December which in most parts of the Northern hemisphere means winter. I live in the southern part of the U.S. so winter really means sweating through our days in sweaters we probably don’t mean and having bonfires while still being eaten up by mosquitos. BUT, despite the lack
Click below to hear my answers to your questions in this “ask me anything” episode: It’s finally here! It’s the 50th episode of Secondary Science Simplified! To celebrate, I’m answering all of your burning questions inside of this special “ask me anything” episode. I am so excited to answer every
Click below to hear Rachael talk about visuals, middle school, and maternity leave: Going through different seasons of life and experiences will definitely change your perspective on teaching. From teaching in a classroom with no windows, sinks, or up-to-date posters to display to taking maternity leave during a sub shortage,
I’ve learned so much in my life through my two primary roles: (1) as a parent, and (2) as an educator. And what I’ve found is that what I’m learning in either of these roles is often impacting what I am learning in the other role. I’ve told my husband
Click below to hear how to reclaim your class time: It seems we never have enough time to do what we want to do in our class periods. How are we supposed to get labs, demos, lectures, assessments, and more squeezed into a 45 or 90 minute class? The overwhelm
Teacher friends, I don’t know about you, but every year at this time I am TIRED. Come November I’ve got a countdown on my whiteboard to Thanksgiving break, closely followed by the longestthreeweekseverrrr until winter break and I.AM.READY. The LAST thing I have is the energy to come up with
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