How to Get Admin to Buy Curriculum You Actually Want
The curriculum is an important part of aNY course. Here are some tips about WHY and HOW you should ask
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Teaching with Packets – what they are and why I love them.
I have fallen in love at first sight 4x in my life. Once when I met my husband, each time my children were born, and when I was first introduced to teaching with packets. Many moons ago I landed my first official teaching job, teaching biology (with a high-stakes state
Best Practices for Lesson Planning in High School Science
When it comes to lesson planning, you may be coming to the table with zero training in this, or you may be entirely sick of hearing about it. Particularly for high school science teachers, I have met so many who have come to the classroom as a 2nd career, and
Curriculum Design 101 – How I do it
When you decided you wanted to be a teacher, you probably had all sorts of ideas for how you would change students’ lives and the exciting content that you would share with them. You most likely knew and were excited about curriculum design being a part of the job. Who
Why High School Teachers Must Make Science Relevant
Make science relevant. This is most likely something you have heard about your entire teaching career. So why do I think this is more important for high school teachers now than ever before? This decade has only just begun but as I reflect on what has characterized it thus far,
Using Phenomena to Teach the NGSS
One of the key components of implementing Next Generation Science Standards* in your classroom is the incorporation of phenomena into your teaching methods. So what does this even mean for you and me? How do we begin approaching a shift in our instructional strategies and curriculum to better utilize phenomena
Transitioning to the Next Generation Science Standards: 5 Guidelines for Effectiveness
I remember when I got a job at my current school and I was told that the school followed the Next Generation Science Standards*. I had done a decent bit of training on the standards during my graduate studies at night my first few years teaching, but I felt like
Understanding the Next Generation Science Standards
We’ve all heard of Common Core. Most of us have also heard of Next Generation Science Standards* (NGSS). So what is the story? What are these standards and what is it we should know about them as science educators? In this post, I am going to give you a background
