Explodingsink.com · education, technology, science and life. Marcia's Science Teaching Blog. Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… - The Best Resources For Planning The First Day Of School. Check out my three-part series in Education Week teacher including first day advice from many of the top thinkers and teachers around The summer always feels so long at the beginning and so short at the end….
It’s getting that time again — a new school year. I have an extensive chapter in my book, Helping Students Motivate Themselves, on getting the school year off to a good start, and I thought I’d also share here some free online resources. First day of school, biology (sophomores) First we went through the usual introductory ritual--see the previous post.
I brought a slug to school today. I saw him creeping on the stoop last night, and enticed him into a container with a pellet of fish food. The first picture I show the class is a series of hominids representing human evolution. I ask if we descended from chimpanzees, listen to the answers, then gruffly announce no way we came from chimpanzees. EcneicsciencE. NASHOSPHERE - exploring the elements of science literacy... literally. My Second Wind. ScienceFix - Science Fix. Beatrice the Biologist. Cool Cat Teacher Blog.