These are links to blog posts I wrote having to do with my Science classes.
If you’re interested in Grant Writing, See my Sample Grants Post
Green Way to Clean Up Oil Spills
Promoting Inquiry though Exploring Predictions
Sometimes Science Lessons Just Go Wrong
What is On-Task? (My rantings and questions.)
Classroom Management & Communication
What is STEM? And here is What is STEM? Part 2
Want great equipment or better opportunities for your students? Consider writing grant proposals.
Mossman Found! (Gorgeous moss patterns in the forest.)
Interview with Two Programmers
Awesome Solar System Infographic
Best in State! (STEM)
Learning Targets (Based on NGSS)
A series of posts I wrote reflecting on a course I took, How to Learn Math (technically not Science but still related so I’m including it here):
Math for All
Pendulum Swing or The Answer?
Math Stereotypes
Changing Math
Teacher Moves
Growth Mindset
Course Quotes
More Math Learning Quotes
How to Learn Algebra
More on Math
Science and Engineering Resource
Science Online Discussion Forum
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER)
My 6th graders had an idea to have one blog where any of them could post ideas, questions, and thinking about the problems facing our world. Here are some of the World Solutions Blog posts (based on what they learn in my Science class!):
Why We Started This Blog
Perseverance OR Obsession (My advice for writing grants.)
Perseverance AND Obsession (Perseverance and obsession pays off for getting grants!)
Environmental Youth Summit (Link to a nice article written about the Youth Summit I take my 6th graders to each year.)
Rocketry for Newton’s Laws (I attended a great NASA workshop so I thought I’d share what I did.)
Temperature Data Portage Bay (Finding new ways to collect temperature data.)
Imagine, Inspire, Innovate! (The 2016-17 Olympic STEM Pathways Partnership (OSPP) kick-off event!)
Chimacum Creek Summer 2016 Temp (Using the temp sensors I got from OSPP in my creek!)
Setting Up Science Notebooks (a couple of tips I learned)
CER Rubrics (A rubric for CER.)
The Biggest Challenges Facing Science Teachers (A Larry Ferlazzo BAM Radio podcast about challenges Science Teachers face!)
NGSS Science Shifting (Post about the NGSS shifts and aligning to NGSS)
Response to the Biggest Challenge Science Teachers Face (My and other educator’s response to the Larry Ferlazzo BAM Radio podcast.)
NGSS and the Scientific Method (Is the Scientific Method dead with NGSS.)
Bottle Flipping Lab (Turning an annoying game into a science experiment using the Scientific Method.)
Hindsight is Easy, I Need Foresight (Correcting a mistake I made with my CER Rubric!)
Inquiry Boards Bottle Flipping Labs Write-Up (Sample student work.)
WA STEM Summit 2016 (Some of my takeaways from the event.)
Aligning a Kit to NGSS (My efforts at aligning my Science kit to NGSS.)
Kid’s Take on Fake News (Common Sense Media Article with resources on fake news.)
WA STEM Interview (WA STEM interviewed me for a blog post on the STEM work I do with my 6th graders!)
A Stewardship STEM Project (Our 6th grade integrated Environmental Stewardship STEM project plan!)
What About Robotics? (Story of our Science Adoption and a plan for 6th grade Robotics.)
Adopting a New Curriculum (The final phase of our Science adoptions!)
We are Ocean Guardians (A new grant for our Environmental Stewardship Project.)
The DOING of Science (A post on the Science and Engineering Practices or SEPs of the NGSS.)
STEM Robotics with Faraday (A post on the NGSS Engineering standards and the STEM Robotics 101 curriculum.)
Science and Engineering in the Real World (Post sharing some more NGSS SEP resources and ideas.)
100% Total Engagement (A post sharing three tools I use that have totally engaged ALL my students!)
Black Panther Movie Engineering Quote (A great quote from the movie to encourage students.)
Becoming Scientifically Literate (Science teachers sometimes have to convince or cajole students and families into learning Science!)
Engineering with Sphero and Knex (An awesome engineering, robotics, and coding activity using the Sphero robots.)
Beyond Tree Planting (Some of the great things going on in my 6th grade Science classes that are attractive to grantors.)
NGSS and Enjoying Science (NGSS basics for elementary and primary teachers.)
Naming Saturn’s Newly Discovered Moons (A cool activity my students participated in.)
Helpful STEM Tools (The STEM Teaching Tools website has great resources for STEM and NGSS teachers.)
Amazing Environmental Performance Tasks (Ready-Made, FREE, ELA Environmental Performance Tasks – high quality and very good.)
Outdoor Education During a Pandemic (Taking kids out to do some Science!)
Flooding Event (Having some fun doing science at our creek.)
Macro Science (Water quality with bugs!)
Environmental Stewardship Student Projects (A collection of works from my students.)
Lunar Missions and Robotics (Our latest EV3 project!)
Best Math Combo Ever! (Two of the best Math PD and strategies I’ve ever seen in all my years teaching – 32.)
The EPA’s Presidential Award for Environmental Educators (I was selected as one of the 2022 recipients!)
Great Day 1 Activity (I started this school year by having students make slime!)
Observation or Inference? (Great activity for teaching the difference between the two.)
Do crayons float? (Another great activity for understanding density.)
Another Great Start 2023-24
Students Requesting Photos of Earth from the ISS!
