Explore six easy ways to use ChatGPT in the classroom, transforming traditional teaching methods into dynamic, engaging learning opportunities! From sparking meaningful class discussions to generating interactive vocabulary lessons, ChatGPT offers a fun approach that can save you time and add to student learning.
Best Way to do Test Corrections: Simple & Engaging
We all want our students to learn from their mistakes. Tests are not just a grade, but a measure of where student understanding is. We want to help fill in the gaps, which usually includes some form of test corrections.
But what is the best way to do test corrections? I was searching for a way that truly helped students learn from their mistakes, but did not take up a lot of time. I needed a test correction method that was meaningful, and motivated even hard-to-motivate students.
Simple No-Prep, Research Based Test Prep Strategy
Looking for a simple, research based, no-prep test prep strategy to help your students get ready for their next exam? Here is my favorite method!Â
Make Lecture Fun with Notes Bingo!
Make lecture fun with Notes Bingo! Transform the note-taking process from a mundane task into an interactive game that motivates students to stay focused and engaged throughout the lesson.
20+ Fun Gift Ideas for Science Teachers
Looking for gift ideas for science teachers? Skip the usual tumblers—teachers receive plenty of those—and go for something truly unique and science-inspired! In this post, we’ve rounded up a list of fun, thoughtful gifts that are not only practical but also personal, celebrating your science teacher’s favorite subject.Â
Christmas Science Activity High School: Make Milk Plastic | FREE
Give your students a fun, hands-on experience in protein denaturation with this easy milk plastic activity. By applying heat and acid, they can transform whole milk into biodegradable milk plastic. I love doing this experiment around the Christmas season, using the milk plastic to create unique ornaments for our classroom Christmas tree!
Brisk Teaching: 5 Powerful Ways to Use the Chrome Extension in your Classroom
I may be late to the party, but I just discovered a FREE Chrome extension that can make my teaching, planning, and grading a whole lot easier! You have got to check out Brisk Teaching! I promise it will blow your mind.
Super Fun Forensics Project for High School
At the end of the year, I give students the chance to show off all of their CSI skills with a murder in miniature Forensic Science project for high school. Students are tasked with creating and processing their own mini murder scene!Â
One Simple Way to Increase Student Engagement
All teachers want to increase student engagement. When your students are engaged, the lesson sings! It is like magic, seeing alert faces, excited about the topic at hand. Time flies by! You do not even want class to end.Â
A New Way to Turn Notes into a Game: The Notes Race!
fill in a set of skeleton notes or to label a complex diagram. The method is simple, and includes movement, teamwork, and competition!
Review the Cell With This One Easy & Unusual Activity!
Looking for an unusual way to review the parts of the cell? The goal is for students to make analogies between the parts of the cell and the very random objects. This activity combines creativity, competition, and collaboration – your class will love it!
Daily Differentiation in the Classroom with Google Forms
Differentiation in the classroom is one of the best ways to meet students where they are, and move them forward. But how do you find which students need re-teaching, or just a bit of extra practice, or are ready for something more? Daily monitoring of student progress is so important – but it does not have […]
Turn Any Website into an Interactive Virtual Lesson
With one simple Chrome Extension, you can easily turn any website into an interactive virtual lesson- in minutes! Highlight text, insert questions, initiate whole class discussion, include videos and even embed Google Forms! It is like a miracle, and I am hooked.
ClassTag: New Favorite Tool for Teacher Communication with Parents & Students
Teacher communication with parents and students is always important. Somehow, though, I imagine that this coming year communication will be even more essential. There will likely be (many) days that I do not see my students in person. Parents will need to be in close connection with the workings of the classroom and the school. I need a communication tool that can do…a lot.
Great Ideas for the First Day of Forensic Science Class!
Forensic Science is an awesome class. With topics like ballistics, blood, and dead bodies – it is almost hard to make it boring! But how do you start? What can a teacher do on the first day that hooks students and lays a solid foundation for the rest of the course?
Make a Bitmoji Virtual Classroom with Google Slides
Need a break from Google Classroom? Google Slides makes it simple to create, and easy to share a personal virtual ‘classroom’ with my students.
Digital Project: Make a Gif With Google Slides
Many teachers in the country are in the same boat right now. We are all searching for ways to engage and motivate our students from afar. That is why I love this particular assignment idea so much – it does all these things and is adaptable to just about any subject.
Challenge your students to make what they are learning into an animated gif using Google Slides!
Six Best FREE Interactive Biology Websites (that don’t use flash!)
If you are like me, you have spent hours trying out one interactive biology website after another, only to get frustrated and overwhelmed. Many of them are overly complicated, or require so many instructions that the message of the activity is lost to your students.
Compiled here are six of the best interactive biology websites. These online activities are well designed and easy for students to understand! Post includes tips for how to use the activities with your students.
Simple Easy Way to Teach Digital Lessons Using Padlet
You and I are probably in the same boat – trying to figure out how to take months of instruction and make it available to your students for Remote Learning. There are many ways to do this, the learning curves of some ways are steeper than others! That is why I love Padlet. Learn how to use Padlet to teach a digital lesson with student interaction and feedback. Remote learning made simple and effective.
Results! Classroom Management & 21st Century Skills
Learn how this teacher used a points system and the 21st Century Skills as a classroom management tool. Read this post to find out how to let parents know about the Plan,
how to tell students they have lost a point without embarrassing them or engaging in a power struggle, and the results in the classroom! Did it work?
Skeletons, Play Doh and Muscle Groups!
A fun way to teach the major muscle groups to your Anatomy or Biology students! Play doh and little skeletons!