Secondary science

Differentiation in the Science Classroom: Alternate Lab Assessment Ideas! Help your students show you what they know without writing a full lab report. Blog post by Science and Math with Mrs. Lau

The Problem? Student A: (grabs the tray of materials) “I’m going to pour the baking soda in the cup!” Student B: “STOOOOOOPPPPP!” Student C: “Ok. Student A can do that, then I’ll do the next thing. What were the directions?” Student B: “I think the directions are under the tray.” Student C: (knocks tray over ... Read more

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I’m always trying to find different ways to review important science vocabulary and key concepts for a unit in my classroom. Worksheets are good, but they are hardly exciting. One of the methods I like

10 Ideas to help students learn science vocabulary words

As a secondary classroom teacher, have you ever seen all the wonderfully colorful primary classrooms on pinterest and feel a little jealous? In my years of teaching, I have yet to have a room to really call my own. I’ve always had to share and I’ve always been the non-senior person sharing that room. In […]

Let’s get right down to business. As a teacher, you are constantly searching for tools to help engage ALL of your students within your daily lessons. Unfortunately, many of you are also often faced with increased class sizes and a severe lack of science equipment and supplies. We know how difficult it can be to teach with outrageous class sizes. The pressure to reach all of your students can be overwhelming.

As teachers, we are always looking for tips to improve our practice in our classrooms. For high school science teachers, it can be hard to take the time to pause and be reflective on what we are doing and what we could improve. So here are 5 ideas for sec

Subject Math, Science, Engineering Grade Levels Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Resource Type Activities, Fun Stuff, GATE File Type Compressed Zip File Be sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing. 87 MB|400+

We all have those few students who slack during the semester, have a 57%, and come begging for extra credit before grades are due. For many teachers the answer is…. … and I totally get it. Grading late work is no fun and I’m not going to go out of my way to find extra ... Read more