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How To Teach Vocabulary In An NGSS Classroom: Interactions In Ecosystems

January 15, 2020

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out last week’s post – Why You Need To Stop Front-Loading Vocabulary. First of all, we…

Why You Need To Stop Front-Loading Vocabulary

January 8, 2020

Just like our teaching strategies are changing as we shift to the discovery-centered, NGSS-style of instruction, we also need to change how we…

Scaffolding NGSS Inquiry: Investigating The Body As A System (MS-LS1-3)

December 11, 2019

The Next Generation Science Standards are all about discovery-centered instruction. (I may have made up that term, but it’s how I think about the…

Simulations To Engage: Infectious Disease and Body Systems (MS-LS1-3)

December 4, 2019

Simulations are a great way to engage your students in science content that they cannot otherwise access — whether it’s on a scale too…

Connecting To Your Anchor Throughout The Unit

November 21, 2019

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Once you choose your anchor, you have to USE it. Anchor phenomena are meant to…

NGSS Support Stations: Better Than Sliced Bread

October 2, 2019

Support Stations Can Foster Student Independence and Reduce Frustration! NGSS-style instruction can be full of challenges unique to this inquiry or discovery-oriented approach. One…

Group Work Roles That Really Work

September 25, 2019

Using Group Work Roles To Actually Enhance Student Learning Group work is a HUGE part of NGSS classrooms. Collaboration should be occurring daily –…

A Lesson From Lyla: The Benefit Of the Doubt

September 18, 2019

How Giving The “Benefit Of The Doubt” Can Save Your Classroom Relationships When my daughter was just about two years old, we visited a…

Mixed Feelings: Making Homework Matter

September 4, 2019

How can you make homework a valuable learning experience? I will admit, I have mixed feelings about homework. As a teacher, I understand it…

Using Storylines to Structure NGSS Units

May 29, 2019

How are NGSS units different? An important difference you will see in truly aligned NGSS units is the use of storylines. NGSS units are…