Adventures with the Lower Level

Earlier this week, my chemistry class got their first taste of my new take on that whole "rigor" thing. Because this year, I ha...

I don't think there has ever been a time in my teaching career where I could say that I have truly become comfortable with what I am tea...

Now that we are a couple weeks into school, we are starting to get a little deeper into actually assessing some work. So now the questions o...

On the first day of school, we talk for just a little bit about how students will eventually receive a letter grade for chemistry, not too...

Yesterday* on Twitter, Adam asked the question. How do we teach students it is okay to fail. Can we set up something? #edchat — Adam Tayl...

Last fall, Frank posted the beginning of his 180 Photo Project  that was meant to document his school year by taking a picture of his class...

Several years ago, I started teaching earth science. Like so many teachers, I tried to fit everything we could possibly know about earth sys...