Science Education Idea Exchange

 One of the struggles for reviewing material is to make it engaging. A coworker of mine taught me about "Grudge Match" and it was a huge success. Photo by  傅甬 华  on  Unsplash Materials needed: notebooks/whiteboards/tablets for students to write and display their answers scoreboard that can be erased bank of questions stacking blocks, like Jenga (or some other silly trick for students to do) Objective: The team with the highest final score wins! How to play: 1. Break students up into small teams of about four students and assign team names. 2. Write the team names on the scoreboard with five hash marks for each team. 3. Instruct students that they are not allowed to consult one another on answers and must write their answers silently on their notebook/whiteboard/tablet or the team will be disqualified from the round. 4. Ask the first question and tell students to put their answers facedown until you ask them to reveal their answers. When they are all ready, every stud...

 I would occasionally find use Google Forms to differentiate assessment or provide choices for students. For Example, growing up I love the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books and have created some for my students. Creating a branching Google Form allows you to do that. Here are instructions on how to do so: 1. Have your information already created for the branching Form and open a blank Google Form. 2. Type your first question in and offer two or more solutions for the students to pick form.  3. Click the three dots at the bottom of the question and select "Go to section based on answer". 4. Click on the button that looks like an equals sign twice to add two new sections that will correspond to your question number one answer. 5. Next to your original question answers, there is an option to direct the students to a specific section based on their answer.  6. For each answer, select the correct section students should be directed to from their answer. 7. Add a questio...

I loved playing "I have, Who Has?" with my students because it is a good vocabulary/concept review tool that involves the whole class listening and engaging at the same time. One student starts off by reading a card that describes a card another student has in their hand. When done properly, the last card reads something like, "I have the last card." To make it interesting, we would see which class period could get it done the fastest, or if they could break their own record. Who doesn't love a little competition? Photo by  Marcel Strauß  on  Unsplash I found premade and free templates on Teachers Pay Teachers, like this one .

 I finished creating my Crazy Creature Traits for the NGSS standard MS-LS3-2 on variation amongst asexual and sexual organisms. As a result, I was also able to create a discounted  bundle with both projects over the standard.

I am going to have a sale on all my items on my store today and tomorrow!

 I found this website many years ago and was recently reminded of it. EdHeads has a few free simulations dealing with STEM topics, like simple machines. They are currently working on expanding their resources, so they are definitely worth following!