Audrey Schirmer

MD

I like your idea of this. I would even like to incorporate something like this in my high school class but have the jobs rotate as much as possible. You could have someone who is the "cleanup crew", someone who is the "procedure reader" (can't think of the name for that). But I like the idea of having students designate responsibilities because even in high school, I tend ...

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I agree completely with what the people said prior to my reply. You definitely want to incorporate hands on activities. Things that allow students to witness science occurring right in front of them. The more you can do that, the better. I try to do labs that are real science labs with chemicals, but then also do modeling activities with things like food. Using both types of hands on activiti...

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Hi there, Olivia! I'm a first year teacher this year and classroom management I think is the hardest part of being a teacher. Something that I've learned to help classroom management is to be consistent all of the time. This allows students to know exactly what they can expect in your class every single day. Another thing is proximity. Move around the room, stand near students during you...

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