The first big holiday in the school year is a big deal! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, so I always like to do fun — but still very academic — activities to capitalize on the students’ excitement. This Halloween activity & challenge fits the bill: Creature Catcher! You may have seen this called a […]
Halloween Activity & STEM Challenge: Bone Bridge®
This Halloween STEM activity is perfect to keep students engaged with brain-busting fun that doesn’t break the bank!
Halloween Activity & STEM Challenge: Bat Wings Wanted
Kids have the worst time trying to concentrate on school the day of Halloween — and it’s even worse the day after! You’ll need something extra engaging for them in order to keep their brains working at max capacity. Wouldn’t you know it, I’ve got just the Halloween activity: Wings Wanted! Premise: This is essentially a […]
August 2016 Recap
I’m going to start doing monthly recaps just to let you know what I’ve been up to. I’m going to break this up into categories. This month, the categories are: TpT Resources, YouTube video posts, Blog posts, and Life. I’ll finish up with a preview for what’s on deck for next month at the end! TpT Resources […]
YouTube Resource Round-Up: Videos for Teachers
This past week, I found myself in a YouTube rabbit hole. Has that ever happened to you? You go to watch one video on YouTube and the next thing you know, it’s 3-hours later and you’re still watching, but something so wholly unrelated to what you started with that you couldn’t explain the path you […]
In Defense of the Lazy Teacher
In friendly conversation, people sometimes ask what I do. When I tell them one of the ways I earn income is by creating and selling lesson plans online, a common response goes something like, “Wow … that seems kind of lazy for the teachers to just buy lesson plans. I always thought that was part […]
Guest Blog Post Announcement
Special Announcement: This marks two times in one month I haven’t posted on my own blog as usual on Thursdays, but the reason is a good one, I promise! I was invited to guest post on a couple of great blogs. I want you to be able to find these posts easily! This week, I have […]
Back to School STEM Challenge: Apples A-head
I’ve mentioned before, I hate ice-breakers so much! I acknowledge they’re hard to avoid, but I prefer finding interesting alternatives to interviewing you partner and reporting to the class. One I think is a lot of fun for back-to-school is Apples A-head — get-it? A-head! hahahaha! I love a punny title! It’s a STEM challenge combined with […]
Spotlight: August 2016
You might have noticed the “Spotlight” tab in my menu above. Each month, I’ll be highlighting something special, and when the time comes to switch out that page (toward the middle of each month), I’ll transfer it to the regular blog posts. Here’s the spotlight from August 2016: This month, I’ve launched a new […]
Back-to-School STEM Challenges
Yay! The time has finally come for me to share my BTS STEM Challenges! I wrote all about them as a guest post on Hojo’s Teaching Adventures blog this month. Check them out! CLICK HERE for BTS AWESOMENESS!
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