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…
"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,…
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…
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,…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…