Fishing engineering unit wore us out! Kids used engineering process to design fishing rigs and tested their prototypes, most with a lot of luck! Students were super into this unit, more than I thought they would be!
Inquiry based learning is bubblicious! Students doing bubble gum science. All kinds of testable questions being researched. Does the mass/volume/density change after chewing gum – compare sugar and sugar-free.
Math/Science Community of Practice!!!
You can’t beat F2F!
Open Inquiry
I did my first totally open inquiry activity involving pumpkins. Both the students and I had a great time and there was a great deal of learning taking place. Students kept their own journals, which was too rushed to be all they could be but I’m going to do another open inquiry activity very soon!
Field Trips
Thanks to Amherst College for hosting us at the planetarium, Beneski Museum of Natural History and Mead Art Museum! A wonderful close to our astronomy unit!
8th Grade Academy CoP – Greenfield
S2TLC Community of Practice_8th scienceS2TLC Community of PracticeMy CoP focuses on improving instruction in 8th grade science classes. I meet weekly for about an hour with another 8th grade science teacher and my student teacher. During this time we reflect on lessons from the previous week and make notes for improvement for next year. We discuss unit/lesson plans and we work to make lessons more inquiry based, exciting and effective for the students.