Adventures with the Lower Level

I'm not gonna lie. I'm not ready. I'm not getting that feeling that I am supposed to be getting at this time of year. I'...

So Frank tweeted out a post by Paul . Now, coming from Frank, I was expecting a link to some amazing new teacher with some great idea I co...

So the other day, my nephew graduated from Flint Hills Technical College . I was only planning on paying attention as he walked across becau...

I hate giving tests. I'm not good at writing them, so they don't measure what my kids know. Said kids try to cheat as much as they c...

When I started at my current position, I was, of course, the low man on the totem pole. Originally, I was hired to teach a couple non-tradit...

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...

Finally, this week is over. Warning: Depressing Post Ahead I have had a few of you email me about how to handle situations like this wi...

Those were the first words spoken this morning at an emergency faculty meeting. There is no beating around the bush when the Crisis Team is ...

Warning: Rant ahead. We have a teacher in our Modeling group who has been grating on my nerves for two years now*. His voice is a constant...

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...

I follow quite a lot of blogs. I mean a lot. I'm not even sure I can count that high. A while back, I accidentally discovered the math...

...they become completely different people. I did a post-test today as part of ASU's monitoring of the Modeling curriculum. The secon...

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 ...

Whew. Okay. So, I've made it through my first trimester of modeling chemistry. I like it. I like it a lot. I'm just not very good at...

So I just got back from the NSTA Regional Conference in Kansas City. Wow. Just wow. If you have never been to one, go. Just GO. You must fin...

Today we finished up the third day of our chemistry modeling workshop. We also finished up Unit 1 of the curriculum. This unit is probably t...

I'm used to low motivation in my students. I'm also okay with it. When I walk through my door in August, I am ready. It is my person...

I have several scraps of paper in a pile on my desk that contain short notes about what I want to change in my classroom next year. At this ...

A few years ago, I was asked to teach Anatomy and Physiology. We are a pretty small school, so this has been a class that is taught when the...

I have an exchange student in my Astronomy class from Brazil. Marcus is an ideal student with better English skills than some of my students...