Their Names Matter
This new school year has been quite a new learning experience for me! There are so many things that are different and new. We've had to take on new roles,…
Introduction to Curriculum Compacting
One of the things I've been working on is curriculum compacting. Which sounds like you're taking the curriculum and packing it down to make it go quicker. Which is not…
Double Stuf Oreo Lab
I start out the year with this Oreo Double Stuf Lab to work on evaluating claims; we honestly do this lab on Day 2. I don't see any reason to…
Introduction to Cells Bellringers
Cells Bellringer-pdfDownload I made these to use them as pre-assessments and bellringers for my classes. Each page has 2 copies of the same bellringer, so you can save paper! Plus,…
Teaching Students to use CER
This post is to help anyone starting out with CER get started. If you aren't sure what CER is or are interested in why I use it, click here; which…
Creating Fact Sheets
Sometimes the focus for research needs to be on how to do research. It does not always need to be a long writing assignment. Fact sheets utilize research, but without a lot of writing for the students.
Why I Use CER
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning is a great cross-curricular writing format that helps students focus on what exactly they need to write to completely answer questions correctly.
Schoology in the Classroom
One of my most important tools in the classroom has been Schoology. We use it almost daily and it is a great resource for the students. I initially started using…
Enzymes Liver Lab-Tips and Tricks
One of the labs that we do that students have to most fun with is our enzymes lab. I have done the toothpick-ase lab before; I prefer to keep using…
Distance Learning-Agents of Disease Lessons
Like a lot of other districts, we needed to set up our students for distance learning. We had some pretty serious discussions and we had to really understand the reality…