Sat, Apr 06, 2013 1:55 PM in Project Based Learning and Learning Targets
I really like the idea of the menus and I think that will help me know that they are learning everything they should be. I have a goal for the summer to take all the great things I have learned. Just putting it all together will be my summer project. I have been trying to put what I have been using many more inquiry-based learning opportunities currently in class. I have also tried to include STEM...
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Tue, Mar 12, 2013 10:35 PM in Project Based Learning and Learning Targets
I would really like to do more STEM activities, I am doing a great deal of research and bought some books. My goal is to apply some of the activities but time is an issue for me because my students have to take a State Exam in Science in 8th grade and I feel so pressured to teach them everything and review areas that they were supposed to learn and remember from 6th and 7th grades. I realize that ...
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Sun, Feb 10, 2013 6:31 PM in Standards, standards everywhere!
We have 8th grade Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for Science and Technology in mid-May. It assesses the students knowledge of general science, Physical, Life, Earth and Space and Technology, including 6-8 grades. As an 8th grade teacher, I feel the weight of making sure I get through all the curriculum for 8th grade and also get through reviewing topics that they learned in 6th and ...
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