Nathaniel Siler

Canada

Marian, There are many simple answers to a question like that; one of the best advances I see when working with grade two to five science teachers in my division is this: 1. Invest in a class set of clipboards. They can be the smaller ones as long as you don't mind cutting up some paper, but I'd consider it a once-in-a-career investment. You may want to tether pens to the clipboards...

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Yeraldin, The single thing that you can begin to do to keep students engaged is instead of just feeding them information and telling them ideas and concepts, question them. Even the students who may not verbally seem to be participating, when posed with a question that they don't have an immediate answer, research shows that they engage. For example, a question like "what is the anato...

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Alex, There is no question that we all doubted going into the field at some point, but I know what you are asking--how do you really find enjoyment where the benefits of the job outweigh the drawbacks? The simple answer that I have seen with many teachers (that is quite a generalization) is take one of two paths: if you are wanting to remain in younger grades, choose a theme or topic that you ...

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