One of the things that really captured me early on in my teaching career was attending STEM competitions. These were events that were typically promoted by colleges/universities or some local STEM related association. The thing I noticed while attending STEM events was that they were almost always contextualized, problem based activities. They were rarely, […]
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I kid you not, this is one of my favorite inquiry based learning activities to do with my junior science classes and no, I am not exaggerating. A little background about me first. I’ve taught high school Physics for over ten years and my love for this subject only grows the more I teach
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Okay, so let’s talk circuit labs. Love ’em! BUT, one obstacle all teachers have to tackle with when doing an experiment or really any planned activity with students is time. And when you only have an hour or so, you want to make use of every second of that time to be spent exploring
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