Note-taking is an essential skill and this can be challenging for students who are more visual learners. Not only do Doodle Notes offer students an interactive note-taking experience and room for creativity, they can be excellent resources for differentiating any content! Doodle Notes are sets of notes, focused around graphics, graphic organizers, and provide space for students to demonstrate understanding through doodling. Doodle Notes can be used in a variety of ways: in conjunction with a typical lecture-style lesson, during guided instruction (i.e. the teacher projecting the blank Dood ..read more

Models are a vital part of the science learning process.  The NGSS clearly emphasizes how models can improve student learning.  Here is a model to support your students in understanding moon phase patterns! When teaching about the moon phases and perspective, students use small spheres to model the phases.  It is SO EASY! Have students place the ball on #1 (see free printable below) and view the moon from the perspective of Earth.  Be sure to emphasize that for the model to work they will need to MOVE to put their eyes on Earth looking toward the moon.  My students love an opportunity to use ..read more

Phenomena Phantoms: How to Keep Unit Phenomena from Disappearing from Daily Lessons Photo by Josh Riemer on Unsplash Never again will your students ask why they are completing a certain lesson or when they can do something fun. With a relevant, engaging unit phenomenon students will intrinsically want to know why it is happening and acquire the necessary knowledge to explain it.  The Basics Every well-executed Next Generation Science Standard lesson starts with an engaging, foundational unit phenomenon. Anchoring a lesson with a unit phenomenon that can be referred back to time and time ..read more

This year is yours.  What will you do with it?  I'm determined to be more organized!  So join me by grabbing this free printable to help keep your desktop clean. Print a paper copy for your desk OR use the png file version for your computer desktop! I'm so excited for 2020 and the changes I will be making with my blog.  Stay tuned for exciting updates coming soon.  Hint- name change is in the works! Happy New Year ..read more

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