Plan the Planny Plan* Sitting by the pool, sipping an ice-cold lemonade. Enjoying the smell of suntan lotion mingled with chlorine. Ahhhh. Summer Vacation: one of the great benefits of teaching. Or if you are like me, you are…
Continue ReadingLabs for the beginning of the school year Let’s start things off on the right science foot by incorporating some hands-on science activities in the first two weeks of school. I have chosen a couple of my favorite labs that…
Continue ReadingWhy Classroom Management Matters Paper airplanes flying through the air. Students talking to their neighbors. A teacher saying over and over “Okay, Listen up. Quiet down”, but no one listens or quiets down until the teacher yells. If…
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