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I am a Senior at Kent State University in the Adolescent and Young Adult Education Program. I will be getting my BSE and will have an Integrated Science - Life Science Licensure upon graduation. I really fell in love with science because of my curiosity and the teachers that I had that fostered that. It is my goal to do them proud and represent them well as a teacher myself.

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Wed, Nov 21, 2018 10:41 PM in Consistently Absent Student

Hi Gabe, I really like the idea of the binder! This way the student can come in and get the work missed from their specific binder allowing them to have exactly what they need and take it home. I think I may take this idea and run with it but instead of having one binder have two. One for the handouts and information that the student is missing during class to go into and then w...

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Wed, Nov 21, 2018 10:36 PM in Cheating

Hi Gabe, I really like the idea of a relfection aspect of the assignments. Often I ask the students how they are feeling about a topic during class or speak to them after the assignment. This would definately allow students to come forward about how they feel about the topic and clearly state that they were confused etc. instead of copying the work I could then make time for them to come...

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Wed, Nov 21, 2018 10:31 PM in Student Involvement

Hi Gabe, Thank you so much for the idea! I recently had a review for a unit where this is how students participated in addition to speaking with groups to decide the answer. I had not thought of having the students use them everyday as a traditional part of their learning. I love this idea and will look into getting more supplies like this so that they could be used each and everyday but...

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The Teal Spruce

Wed, Nov 14, 2018 9:40 PM
Innovative yet simple

The idea of adding this game into the classroom to be able to help students understand how climate change can affect populations of organisms is a fantastic idea! The game is planned out in a way that it is not overly difficult for the teacher to facilitate as well as not having a large cost. When looking at this material it is apparent that it will challenge students to think in a perspective that they typically may not. Additionally, this game allows the students to see the many challenges of conducting scientific research and being able to get the data, and make a conclusion based on that data. This game idea is applicable to real life while being simplistic enough for both the teacher and the students. Finally, this is a game that could easily be modified to make it easier for the students as well as having the ability to have an extension for students who need more of a challenge. I hope to be able to use this game in my classroom!

Heredity and Variation: Inheritance

Thu, Nov 01, 2018 3:32 PM
Great Resource!

This Science Object is a fantastic resource! Not only is the material complete and very detailed but it shows the material in a variety of ways. Since people learn in different ways and may have some special learning requirements I find it extremely helpful for the material to be presented in text, audio, interactive simulations as well as having questions imbedded to check understanding. This would definitely be a good refresher for a teacher before teaching but they could also take some of these resources and use them in the classroom as well!

Cell Division and Differentiation: Variation and Specialization of Cells

Tue, Oct 30, 2018 1:19 AM
Very informative

This was a fantastic resource for refreshing my memory about the topic - it was a very specific and in-depth which allows us to refresh before teaching a topic. It would also be a very good material for students to review as well as dive deeper into the content. I really liked that this has quizzes and videos built in to help students explore more and check their understanding of the topics they are learning.

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