Want to level up learning in your Science classroom? Today, on the blog, I am sharing a student-led review activity that my students LOVE: Tumbling Towers Review. This review game is so versatile and can be used in grades 4-12 for ANY subject area. I first learned about this game from
Fall is in the air! Football, fairs and pumpkin-spice are knocking at our doors and it is my favorite time of the year. I love the cozy atmosphere of a fall decorated home and, over the years, I have begun to bring that warmth and comfort into my classroom. Replacing
What I dread MOST about going BACK TO SCHOOL is that my family survives on fast food for a good 10 months out of the year. Maybe I’m being a bit dramatic… we don’t eat fast food EVERY night of the week, but with our busy schedule (football & soccer
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[[TODAY’S FREEBIE: Do It Yourself MAZE Template (scroll through to grab your FREE download)]] Welcome back to Part 3 of my Leveling Up Learning series, where I give you weekly tips that you can use in your Science instruction that is SURE to level up the learning that is taking
Hello to all of you AMAZING teachers out there! If you are reading this post, it’s likely that you are interested in taking your Science classroom to the next LEVEL! Well…..you came to the right place! This post is the second of ten activities, tips and strategies that are a
Need a no-prep resource for EARTH DAY? 🌍
Just print this ecosystem scavenger hunt brochure and take a little tour of an outdoor area around your school!
Your students will love getting outside and they’ll be learning too. 🌱
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Welcome to my classroom! 🍎
If you’re new around here, hi 👋! I’m Dana.
I’m a high school science teacher that loves teaching and sharing my classroom with teachers around the globe! 🌎
I’d love to know where you are from! Tell me in the comments 👇🏼. I’ll start.
A few years ago, I researched “the spacing effect”- a psychological phenomenon where information is better retained through distributed practice over time. 🧠
After studying the effects it had on student retention, I knew I had to find a way to use it in my biology class.
I’ve been using spiral reviews for four years now and the results have been amazing!
So amazing, that I want to share it with all of my bio teacher friends!
Today, on the blog, I’m sharing the spiral reviews that I use for test prep along with the details on how I implement them for maximum success.
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My Biology students always get genetic drift confused with natural selection when discussing mechanism of evolution.
To help them distinguish between the two phenomena, I had them simulate genetic drift using craft beads and a dice.
This really helped my students visualize the effects of genetic drift on small populations.
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Do I bribe my students? Of course I do! 😉
When I have to be absent, I expect my students to be on their BEST behavior.
To ensure that they follow through on that expectation, I offer a little bribery…. I mean….. incentive 😁
I leave a sub report card that allows the substitute to rate each class. Classes receiving an A+ get rewarded with tickets 🎟️
I have received so many compliments from my subs since I started implementing this system. To get this free sub report card, head over to my blog:
www.thetrendyscienceteacher.com/sub
Over the years, I have implemented several systems and procedures that have helped make my “teacher life” easier.
One of those procedures are these absent trays.
When students are absent, I write their names in any worksheets that I handed out that day and put them in these absent drawer (organized by class period).
Students know that the procedures for getting make up work after an absence are as follows:
✅ Check Google Classroom
✅ Check the absent drawer (pictured here)
This ensures consistency throughout the year and students never have to wonder what we did in class during their absence.
GAME. CHANGER. 👏
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Here’s to FRIDAY and a clean classroom! 🧼
Comment below👇🏼and let me know what your weekend plans are.
To practice crime scene sketches in Forensics, I threw 350 playing cards all over my classroom! (Those that know me, know that this made my OCD kick in to overdrive.)
Students were given a list of 8 playing card (aka: evidence) to find. Once they found their evidence, they had to mark it on their crime scene sketches.
Of course, I made them clean up the cards after the activity. 😉
I have a free download for this activity (It’s called One Eyed Jack) over on my blog.
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We are finally in our evolution unit and we’re getting things started with a lesson on natural selection.
To introduce this concept, students participated in an activity called FEEDING FRENZY.
Basically, students pretended to be worms looking for food (aka: colored yarn).
It was the perfect segue into our lesson!
To get all the details and a free download, head over to my blog:
www.thetrendyscienceteacher.com/naturalselection
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