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For today's class, you will be responsible for 1). Reading the newspaper article on swimming pools 2). Choosing at least one of the following three videos on Snell's Law to watch:** Boseman ** Khan Academy** BrightStorm 3). Experimenting with refraction using the PHet Simulator For class, you will need to bring the following things: 1).… Continue reading Flipped Classroom: Snell’s Law →

In perusing edutopia for articles about project-based learning I found quite a few articles on the subject, some talking about tips for implementing it, others about the different elements of it, and more talking about the research behind it. However, the article I found most interesting was entitled, "When a PBL Project Fails." In all… Continue reading Project-Based Learning and You →

Instructional videos are an engaging way to get students immersed in a variety of sensory experiences that they are unable to have in any other way. As a science teacher, while much of what I teach can be experienced through inquiry activities, the rest is entirely conceptual and very difficult to visualize. What is a… Continue reading Instructional Videos →

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/electromagnetic_spectrum_small.png From xkcd Gamma Rays Video [NASA Tour 08]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA5SLDiIUWs (3:41)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPlrtgilgK8 (1:39)[Lexile 1250, 9th-12th grade]: https://www.livescience.com/50215-gamma-rays.html%5BLexile 950, 5th-7th grade]: https://study.com/academy/lesson/gamma-rays-lesson-for-kids-definition-facts.html X-Rays Video [NASA Tour 07]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCAYcuCWOnM (2:49)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsV7SJDDCY4&t=121s (4:42)[Lexile 1350, 11th-12th grade]: https://www.livescience.com/32344-what-are-x-rays.html%5BLexile 1250, 9th-12th grade]: https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-are-x-rays-definition-uses-quiz.html Ultraviolet Radiation Video [NASA Tour 06]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW5zeVy8aE0 (3:40)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps80qZbbdbM (2:39)Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHHysvZ2K2Q (1:18)[Lexile 1350, 11th-12th grade]: https://www.livescience.com/50326-what-is-ultraviolet-light.html%5BLexile 1250,… Continue reading EM Spectrum Resources →

When I was in high school, our school board decided that rather than renovate our almost 50-year-old school, it would be cheaper to tear it down and build a new one. I lived in Maryland, where school districts go by county, so schools would have to wait years--or in our case, decades--for the funding to… Continue reading Interactive Whiteboards and Other Digital Displays →