Adventures with the Lower Level

For the last few years, I have had a comprehensive final test in my chemistry class, which was essentially a big retake on all of the target...

I have never understood how someone could teach science without including labs as a part of that teaching. I mean, really, isn't that th...

So I am sitting in the back of a freezing cold gymnasium waiting for parents to come visit with me about their* children's progress in m...

Okay, so I have had some major shifts in my grading this year. As we start thinking about closing out this trimester, kids are really, REALL...

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...

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...

Alright. Here they are. These are my newly updated  chemistry targets.  One thing I changed from before is the wording. Each one is now wr...

Long ago, one of my chemistry sections surged ahead of my other chemistry section. I fought this briefly and then realized it was a futile e...

Okay, so my first day of school was over a week ago. If this is how my year is going to go, I should just start hibernating now! There has...

We finally closed on our second trimester this week. If you remember, we last left our hero* dangling off the edge of insanity . Come to thi...

As you can imagine, and may possibly be experiencing yourself, our run of Snow Days played havoc with my teaching schedule. The last one we ...

I have come to believe in the manipulative. It seems that anytime you can get kids to touch something they are learning about, it sticks so ...

At the last minute, I decided to try the Modeling curriculum with my Applied Chemistry. I have 21 students in 2 sections. Only a few of thos...