Build an Interactive Student Food Web! Are you looking for a fun way to teach food webs that is guaranteed to be engaging? Grab some scissors, some yarn, and some plant and animal food chain pages, from your chosen ecosystem, and turn your class into a giant, interactive student food web! Prepare to Build Your…
Teaching Students Organizational Skills Teaching students organizational skills is critical and will stay with students long after their time in your classroom. I have often had alumni students come back to tell me how much they appreciated my “forcing them“ to do proper Cornell notes and to keep an organized notebook. They tell me that…
72 Tips Your College Never Told You About Being A Teacher What your college never told you about teaching is a lot! Are you a newer teacher? You have probably realized that teachers are basically expected to “learn on the job” in many essential areas. Unless you have a full time mentor teacher, it can…
Are you looking for a super engaging, STEM symbiosis project, for teaching MS-LS2-2? Are you covering patterns of interactions and relationships?
How to Overcome Math Phobia in Science Class! Do your students have math phobia? When you’re introducing an equation or a calculation, in science class, do they freeze up? Are students having trouble applying what they are learning in math class to your science class? Many students, who love science, are not so fond of…
First Day of School in Middle School Science What do you do on the first day of middle school science? What do you need to cover to be successful for the rest of the year? I have experimented with many different approaches to the first day of school in middle school science for over thirty…
Science Activities to Do Outside with Middle School Do you want to do science experiments, scavenger hunts and activities outside, with your middle school students, but you’re not sure about what lessons and structures to use? Even if your playground/schoolyard is limited, there are many activities that you can do outside as long as you…
6 Types of Science Bellringers to Start Your Class The first three to five minutes of your class are the most critical. Science bellringers, warm ups, or starters, are highly effective in terms of bringing the students to order. These activities help gather the student’s focus and get them organized. The first few minutes of…
50 Fun End of Year Science Activities for Middle School Are you looking for meaningful, end of year science activities for your middle school students? I put together 50 end of year science activities such as STEM, critical thinking CER, worthwhile research activities, environmental exploration, crafty ideas and just messy fun projects! I have done…
Are you teaching chemistry to middle school students and you need help with the scope and sequence? How do you introduce chemistry to prepare the students for understanding more complex concepts later? This is introductory unit involves teaching chemistry to middle school students so that they completely understand the basics of atomic structure, analyzing molecules…
