‘Tis the season for more holiday fun (with substance) with Christmas STEM Challenges and Winter STEM Challenges! A brief description of each challenge is available on this post, and more information is available by clicking on each challenge title below. – Candy Cane Calamity – Reindeer Relay – Sleigh & Slope or Sled & Slope […]
Thanksgiving STEM Challenge Activities
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so it’s time to give thanks for holiday STEM challenges! This month, I have a new set of five challenges in store that follow the common needs the people have to meet to survive. These challenges comprise the Thanksgiving STEM Challenge Bundle. I’ll include the following on this blog […]
Halloween STEM Challenge Events
You’ve done it. You’ve survived the first several weeks of school! Your procedures are in place. The students know your high expectations. Once October rolls around, a little fun is in order, don’t you think? But not just any kind of fun — fun with substance! Fun you can feel good about in your classroom […]
Weak-Willed and Risk-Averse: STEMming the Tide of Fragile Cowards
Baby or college student? Professors suggest there isn’t much difference. Recently, several articles have been popping up (like this one) in which colleges or employers decry the lack of resilience in their adult students or employees. Years of ever-increasing helicopter parenting and unconditional self-esteem building has resulted in adults so shielded from any sort of […]
6 Ways to Survive Teaching Writing
Is less more, or is more more when it comes to teaching writing? When teaching writing, sometimes the most helpful thing is knowing when less is more and when more is more. Writing can be one of the hardest subjects to teach. Often, students don’t want to do it, and teachers don’t want to read […]
STEM vs. “Traditional” Design
In my last post, “In a Test-Weary World, Design!“, I laid out a chart comparing and contrasting STEM Design vs.”Traditional” Design. You might wonder why the “Traditional” is in quotation marks. Many people would consider traditional design in line with project-based learning (PBL). In a PBL approach, a content is typically taught through formal lessons […]
In a Test-Weary World, DESIGN!
Do you ever feel your class has lost that loving feeling? You know what I’m talking about – that buzz of I-love-learning electricity that signals to all that your class is THE place to be! Design challenges – STEM and otherwise – are a great way to get back on track. In a test-weary world, […]
The Elusive Work-Life Balance
I recently read an article called “The downside of no downtime for kids” (that is their stylistic capitalization – not mine). It suggests, unsurprisingly, that over-scheduling denies children the opportunity to wonder, ask questions, and come to grow and develop their character. It got me thinking quality downtime is critical for everyone – young and old. I […]
NGSS: 7 Steps for Getting Started
If you’ll be rolling out NGSS this year, you might be unsure where to begin. Below are 7 steps to get you started. 1) Gut Check You have been told you will be implementing the Next-Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and you have seen a few examples of these standards. The changes from your previous science […]
NGSS & the Romantic Comedy: More in Common than You Think
Will your district be implementing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) this year? If so, have you gut-checked your visceral reaction to the news? If you’ve been around awhile, you might anticipate the introduction of a new set of standards much as you do jury duty or summer flu. There’s a chance you’ve come to see […]
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