Notebooks and Binders for Student Organization

Notebooks or Binders for Student Organization Does your class start like this? ” I forgot my…..” “I can’t find my…..” *sounds of frantic paper shuffling* Are you tired of beginning every class this way?  I was, too.  Enter: The Science Notebook. What, exactly, is the Science Notebook?   A few decades ago, I started showing […]

Hexagonal Thinking and a Game

There are review games, and then there are Review Games.

Science Scavenger Hunts for Biology and Chemistry

A few decades ago, I wrote a scavenger hunt for my AP Chem students to do After The Test. It’s gone through many iterations, and has been modified for a general chemistry class. A Biology version soon followed. It’s a great end-of-the-year activity as students must apply what they’ve learned all year and make connections among several concepts.

Test Review Strategy – Summarization in Student Learning

Once we’ve done the usual steps – sharing content and activities and labs – and are ready to ask students to show what they know, it’s time for students to do some serious processing. Enter summarization.

Experimental/Investigative Question

What is the question you want to answer?
What are your expectations for an answer, or claim, in the conclusion?

Claim Evidence Reasoning – the Terms

All teachers give lab safety instruction, right? Students learn to wear chemical splash goggles whenever chemicals, glassware, or heat are present. They learn what to wear on lab day, how to handle flames and glassware and chemicals, and how to operate and lab equipment they may need.

From Scientific Method to Claim Evidence Reasoning

Since recorded time, humans have been curious about the natural world. They observed phenomena and sought explanations for what they saw. How is scientific knowledge developed? How is this knowledge changed as scientists find new evidence?

Science Literacy

We all know what literacy is, right? What about literacy in science?