My day was off to a fun start as soon as I checked in at the main office. It turns out that the online subbing job dispenser made an error. I accepted my job online at about 5:30am.  I had to hit ''accept'' a few times, before it would push the job onto my personal job page; this happens sometimes when I click ''accept'' while the automated ...

Today was the first day back from spring break.  Hooray for being able to earn a paycheck again! During 7th grade science, I had the following exchange with a boy, after I caught him doodling in a notepad, rather than working on his assignment. Mr. C: Hey, I need you to put the drawing away for now, and get back to the science, ...

I'm back now to my old nomadic life style, roaming the land, going wherever the work takes me. I was in a school today that I had worked a LOT before my 7 week stint as an art teacher.  On my last day there, back in mid-January, I forgot my lunch box in the teacher's lounge.  I went in search of it today, only to find that it was most likely ...

The Science Spot is a great resource for science teachers of middle school students. #elemchat #scichat #spedchat #middleschool There is so much available on this site and it is fun to hunt around it. I really liked the Science Starters. When you’re looking through the site you’ll find tons of them. There is even a printable for students to ...

here's a science poem website created by a science teacher- also a lot of math poems and math resources there too.http://sciencepoems.netEric

This week I am sharing a downloadable product with you...absolutely FREE!!! This product corresponds to GA 7th Grade GPS ~ Life Science.  I'm also a science teacher so this is a product I created! The 6 Steps of the Scientific Method.  We will use these to create a flow map (Thinking Maps are used at our school). I hope you will find ...

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Remember when you were in middle school and you (finally!) got to hear the birds and the bees human growth and development talk?!  Well, I don't.  It must have been just that bad for me! Today, I had my students begin by reading the information in the textbook and writing down 10 facts they learned on a piece of paper.  I also had them write down ...

Do you remember how cool it was looking through microscopes when you were in school? I remember being in 7th grade and going into a small lab room filled with microscopes. We would all stand there in the dark observing all the cool stuff we could find in a few drops of pond water. It is amazing to me how many little critters live in just one ...

Are you  itching for ways to engage and empower students and their inherent creativity? Scratch will bring instant relief to a classroom of kids  ready to collaborate, innovate, and create! Please join me as I present some Scratch Basics while informing educators how to get students Scratching across the curriculum! This Scratch Webinar sponsored ...