Sun, Apr 20, 2025 2:50 PM in The Living Classroom - Benefits of Living Organisms in your Classroom
When I was in middle school, each table got to have and take care of an aquarium. We had fish, crawfish, snails, duckweed, and other aquatic plants. We were responsible for checking the measurements of the water, such as the pH, temperature, and dissolved oxygen. It was really fun to be able to take care of the plants and animals ourselves, and get to see our little critters in class.
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Mon, Apr 14, 2025 3:08 PM in Distance learning
I don't know exactly if it would work as well for elementary school classes, but I was in 10th and 11th grade when schools shut down for the pandemic and I think my teachers did a great job of what you're asking about. I had teachers give us exit tickets at the end of class, ungraded so we knew it was just to see what we took away, and it had a few questions about what we had gone over in...
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Mon, Apr 14, 2025 2:52 PM in Elementary Science Methods
In addition to hands on experiments and lessons, practicing recalling information in a game format helps students be engaged while repeating information and practicing active recall. Doing the initial experiment to learn the information you want them to learn, and then following that by doing a game of some sort, whether it be a kahoot or jeopardy-style game or something like that, will help them...
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