What You Need To Know About Your Students Before Starting Distance Learning
Here's the reality: your students in your classroom aren't necessarily the same students in your online classroom even if they are, you know, the same. 🤣 Hear me out for…
Is Your Science Content Inspiring Student Learning?
"No One Cares About Your Content, Cathy" I figured I'd give Karen a break. 🤣 Sorry, all you Cathys. But seriously, let's chat about content... and the reality that oftentimes,…
Tools To Support Engaging In Argument From Evidence
How can you support students as they practice engaging in argument from evidence? Argumentation - or engaging in argument from evidence - which we’ve been focusing the last several posts…
Moving Beyond C-E-R: Arguing From Evidence
How can you engage students in argumentation beyond the CER essay? I’m going to say it: C-E-R isn’t the only way to engage students in argument from evidence. In fact,…
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning In Science
How can you use the C-E-R format to engage students in arguing from evidence? In the last post, we took a look at the difference between arguments and explanations. Â …
Argumentation vs Explanation With The NGSS
What is the difference between argumentation and explanation? There are a lot of misunderstandings around when it comes to the Science and Engineering Practices, and the concept of argumentation definitely…
NGSS Support Stations: Better Than Sliced Bread
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 major challenge for NGSS teachers is…
Group Work Roles That Really Work
Using Group Work Roles To Actually Enhance Student Learning Group work is a HUGE part of NGSS classrooms. Collaboration should be occurring daily - from the puzzling it out to…
A Lesson From Lyla: The Benefit Of the Doubt
How Giving The "Benefit Of The Doubt" Can Save Your Classroom Relationships When my daughter was just about two years old, we visited a local juice place for a mommy-daughter…