Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Small Group Instruction in Elementary Science

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This one has been a long time in coming.  It has taken me awhile to sort out the ideas.  Many of you are familiar with small group instructi...
Monday, February 20, 2017

How Big a Splash Does a Rock Four Kilometers in Diameter Make?

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When I started writing curriculum, I was told to tell a story.  The lessons needed to be joined together in a coherent storyline.  The theor...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Reflections On An NGSS Field Test

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My first field test with NGSS based curriculum has concluded.  By the numbers, I had fifty-six classroom teachers and around 1100 students p...
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Sunday, June 5, 2016

Keeping My Girls in the STEM Pipeline and Coping with the Guilt

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Apologies for the delay between posts.  I have not forgotten about my promise to expand more on small group instruction in the elementary sc...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Going Big: Getting 1200 Teachers to Implement the Next Generation Science Standards

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As I discussed earlier, my school system has 114 elementary schools.  That equates to roughly 400 teachers per grade level. That means in Au...
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Becoming Banneker: Making Movements in Space Meaningful on Earth

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As I wait for the blizzard to end here in Stewartstown, I thought I would do another blog post about the latest unit I just completed.  So l...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

Is Curriculum a Guide or a Script?

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It has been a while since my last post.  Actually, it seems like a lifetime ago.  I will diverge from my normal discussion of science curric...