For the past two years, I have organized our school science. We organized our fair as an extracurricular club where interested students could participate. Previously, we only had a handful of projects each year. Some were great, and others were not as good. This year, I decided to make completing a science fair project a… Continue reading Being Scientists
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Now for something completely different
Yesterday, I explained how I taught the water cycle to my traditional science class. Today, the water cycle was on the agenda from my gifted science class. From discussions last week with my gifted classes, I knew that these students have pretty extensive background knowledge of the water cycle. All I needed to do was… Continue reading Now for something completely different
The Festive Classroom?
I gave a short questionnaire to my students after a test the other day. I told them they could do it anonymously. I asked them the following three questions: What is your favorite thing about this science class? What is your least favorite thing about this science class? If you could change anything about our… Continue reading The Festive Classroom?