Phenomena for Building a Boat STEM Challenge First of all, what is phenomena? In science, a phenomenon is simply an event or situation occurs. The event causes students to wonder about it (I wish the NGSS would just do away with the word phenomena!). Before building a boat there are
Why Use Science Lessons Developed by Science and STEAM Team? Two experienced science teachers wrote these science lessons. When our school first implemented the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), I (Sarah) was teaching K -4 science. There weren’t many materials available, and I had to develop lessons on my own.
So, What is a WebQuest? A WebQuest is a great educational tool. When students are doing a WebQuest they search the web for information. The teacher usually gives students links to websites and/or videos. The links are checked out in advance to make sure they are reliable. What makes a
Fall is just around the corner. Yesterday I was out on one of our favorite golf courses in upstate New York with my husband. I was easily distracted by the beauty around us. The trees were just starting to turn colors, and the thistles and cattails were bursting open.
How do we best encourage a student’s sense of wonder and curiosity? In the last blog, I wrote about how it is our job as teachers to help students develop their sense of wonder and curiosity. Simply put, science is the study of the natural world around us. Clearly, science
Teaching the NGSS Can Be Overwhelming For some teachers teaching the Next Generation Science Standards, or NGSS, is daunting. To me, it was a huge challenge. I volunteered to teach kindergarten through fourth-grade science. I also taught enrichment through STEM. Starting a new program was super exciting! Since then, I
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