8th Grade Year Plan #3dgamelab
After planning possible 6th grade activities, I put them into the 3D GameLab (3DGL) interface ready for kids to Beta test in the fall. So far I have 73 quests in several different chains with room for...
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Math for All
Do you like math? If not, why not? Do you think that you are good at math? Can all kids learn math? Is what we’re doing in school math? If you’ve ever had these questions or know people who hate math...
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Pendulum Swing or The Answer?
[This is part of a series of posts I'm writing as I reflect on another online course I'm taking this summer, Stanford University's EDUC115N How to Learn Math. Sure, I'm a Science teacher but I have...
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[This is part of a series of posts I'm writing as I reflect on another online course I'm taking this summer, Stanford University's EDUC115N How to Learn Math. Sure, I'm a Science teacher but I have...
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Changing Math
[This is part of a series of posts I'm writing as I reflect on another online course I'm taking this summer, Stanford University's EDUC115N How to Learn Math. Sure, I'm a Science teacher but I have...
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Teacher Moves
[This is part of a series of posts I'm writing as I reflect on another online course I'm taking this summer, Stanford University's EDUC115N How to Learn Math. Sure, I'm a Science teacher but I have...
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Course Quotes
[This is part of a series of posts I'm writing as I reflect on another online course I'm taking this summer, Stanford University's EDUC115N How to Learn Math. Sure, I'm a Science teacher but I have...
View ArticleResults Only Learning Environment #RoleTalk
Monday night Mark Barnes held a Results Only Learning Environment or ROLE Twitter chat based on his book, ROLE Reversal. I read his book earlier this summer and I’m totally going to transform my...
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Camp Cispus
Tower Rock at the Cispus Learning Center. On September 24 we took a four hour bus drive from Chimacum, WA to Randle, WA with 65 excited 6th graders, 11 eager high school counselors and eight...
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Talk Moves
Click on image to see larger. I’ve written a post about Talk Moves, called Teacher Moves actually, mostly with regards to Math teaching. Talk Moves, refer to graphic, is actually a set of techniques...
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Learning Targets #ngss
As part of our state teacher evaluation program, Teacher/Principal Evaluation Project (TPEP), we have to have our learning targets and success criteria clearly posted. Learning targets are to come from...
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Plant Humor
I thought this was funny. Eighth graders are learning how to use microscopes to learn about cells. We started with some basic lessons on how to use the fine and coarse focus, field of view, and focal...
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Adding Inquiry
I use Carolina’s STC/MS Energy, Machines, and Motion kit (EMM) with my 6th graders. The lessons in this kit are well structured to take advantage of how people learn by making sure every lesson starts...
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Inquiry in Science
In response to my questions on the Inquiry Dry Spell post I wrote Edna (@whatedsaid) posed some questions to get me thinking about inquiry in my Science classes. She wrote the following on her post,...
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Plant Humor
I thought this was funny. Eighth graders are learning how to use microscopes to learn about cells. We started with some basic lessons on how to use the fine and coarse focus, field of view, and focal...
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Dry Spell?
Cross-posted on Inquire Within. Dry Spell I wrote my first post for Inquire Within on Nov 29, 2010 and my last post was on Dec 5, 2011. I’ve gone two whole years without writing a post! Last school...
View ArticleLet Nature Take its Course
I’ll be the first to admit it, I don’t seem to have much of a green thumb. I have to work hard (see the growth mindset there) at successfully growing plants, especially from seeds, even though in...
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Learning Targets #ngss
As part of our state teacher evaluation program, Teacher/Principal Evaluation Project (TPEP), we have to have our learning targets and success criteria clearly posted. Learning targets are to come from...
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Course Quotes
[This is part of a series of posts I'm writing as I reflect on another online course I'm taking this summer, Stanford University's EDUC115N How to Learn Math. Sure, I'm a Science teacher but I have...
View ArticleResults Only Learning Environment #RoleTalk
Monday night Mark Barnes held a Results Only Learning Environment or ROLE Twitter chat based on his book, ROLE Reversal. I read his book earlier this summer and I’m totally going to transform my...
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