Spoiler alert: When we adjust learning conditions to be more in sync with the known laws of brain-based learning, learning improves. Momentum builds. Trust the science For 15 years I’ve…
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…Can we ask these questions? Can we go into social-political issues in a science class? And where is the place for asking about justice and fairness in science, and all…
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…was interesting, in conversations with science teachers, in particular of like, well, okay, so what type of science are you? Do you talk about the scientists and where those ideas…
Read more…taking advantage of the game editor’s powerful new re-design and one science educator’s trust in letting his students demonstrate what and how they learn. ARIS — Augmented Reality Interactive Storytelling…
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…local heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities and experiences, using these as a foundation for the study of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science and other subjects across the curriculum. PBE emphasizes…
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…sound a lot bleaker of an episode than it is. Trust me, it’s a good one. And Kate’s a delightful guest! We’ll talk about her books Chirp, Breakout, and The…
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…Jeanie: The omniscient narrator as well. Sarah: Right. Jeanie: Three different points of view in the story. Sarah: Also, how do you trust the narrator? Who do you trust? When…
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…depending on the subject area may very well dovetail with science standards or social studies standards or psychology. So it’s not hard, I don’t think, to connect a project, like,…
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…Your Students A fantastic resource brought to you by the remarkable Cult of Pedagogy, Jennifer Gonzales’ website. She curates resources that support “crazy good teaching.’ Trust the Science: Using…
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…During Clara’s four years at CBMS, she had seen Ms. Popowitz every single day during advisory. The power of this relationship sparked Clara’s vision. And the trust of Ms. Popowitz…
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…Mandel. I was a huge fan of her apocalyptic pandemic novel Station Eleven, and though this switches genre I’ve heard from readers-who-I-trust that it will be a good one. I’ve…
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…she says, “If you trust me, even though we’ve only met each other like, today, I highly suggest that you read this book. It’ll help you understand her (because you…
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…book has come highly recommended from two people whose recommendations I trust. My Kindle is what I turn to in the wee hours when I can’t fall back to sleep….
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…Yes, I’d love to. That actually reminds me of some research that I did for a children’s museum and the focus on STEAM. The idea of STEAM being Science, Technology,…
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…what we’re not seeing. Jeanie: Yet parents worry over those developmental milestones, and we’ll talk more about that later, and the science that’s debunked them as useful. So the thing…
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…the science of learning and how the brain works. MacKenzie sets up this idea that the students create their own unit of backwards design where they’re figuring out what their…
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…he’d be a much better student, if that got worked into his history classes, his social studies classes, his science classes. And similarly, Jonathan is really interested in poetry and…
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…maybe I’m misplacing my trust. But I think communities could actually make most of those decisions quite nicely by themselves. Jeanie: One of the things that you and I have…
Read more…Middle Grades Institute uses a similar structure, the Roundtable Protocol, to give and receive feedback. As learning communities build trust they can take on more difficult dilemmas, collaboratively examine student…
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Take student learning outside Students at Green Mountain Union High School demonstrate learning in Science, Social Studies, Health, and Language Arts over the course of a semester. But for one…
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…her classroom to address what students asked for. Elizabeth teaches both 5th and 6th grade math (and science) at the Warren Elementary School. She spent her summer working to rethink…
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…to social justice. While doing so, we’ve been simultaneously working to connect and collaborate with the Science Leadership Academy Middle School (SLAMS), a pilot school in inner-city Philadelphia. After meeting…
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…agreements help create a culture that can sustain difficult conversations. As Elena Aguilar says, Norms cultivate trust and safety. They exist to prevent unhealthy conflict from mushrooming, to guide our…
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…they’d love to change this, they feel pressed to prepare students for the tests. One science teacher told me she had to cover 65 topics in 42 days. Speedy curriculum…
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