Find out how I switched to interactive binders after a failed attempt at interactive notebooks!
Why I Ditched Interactive Notebooks
Consider today’s post a confession of why I ditched interactive notebooks. Unless you’ve been teaching under a rock, you’ve probably heard of interactive notebooks, or INBs. They’re a pretty hot educational trend right now, and I don’t see that ending any time soon. I LOVE the idea of INBs … the coloring, the foldables, the input and output pages designed…
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How to Use the 5E Model With Blended Learning
In this post we’ll talk about how to use the 5E Model with Blended Learning. In case you’re not familiar with the 5E Model of teaching, it’s an inquiry-based constructivist model where students work to generate their own understanding of the science concepts. The Es stand for Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend (Elaborate) and Evaluate. The great thing about this teaching…
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Try These Second Day Biology Activities!
Have you noticed there are tons of ideas for first day biology activities, but not so many for second day biology activities? I think its because the first day of school is so stressful … we teachers know how important it is to set the right tone! But I personally think that the next few days are even more important….
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First Day Biology Activities
Looking For Some First Day Biology Activities? I taught for 31 years but I don’t think my first day biology activities were ever the same from one year to the next! I’ve tried just about everything … reading the syllabus out loud to the kids, ice breakers, demos, videos … I changed my first day plans just about every year….
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