Handouts are available below Big Idea Can multiple choice questions be used to assess standards? Yes, they absolutely can. But, to ensure we’re using multiple choice to assess standards effectively, we need to re-examine the multiple choice questions we use and come up with certain types of multiple choice questions we consistently use…
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Handouts are available below Big Idea How do you start your science storylines so that students are interested? We all use stories to teach science: when we organize the concepts and activities in a specific sequence so that one idea leads logically into another, we’re telling a story. Textbooks offer one type of story –…
Handouts are available below Big Idea How do you have students practice developing models? Check out what I had my students complete recently – it’s my Video Game Cladogram Activity, which shows how different items are linked to each other. I use this activity to have students analyze, categorize, and create models from…
Handouts are available below Big Idea Evaluating arguments, claims, and lab results is a science skill that needs to be taught and assessed in the NGSS as well as the BC Science Curriculum. How do you assess it? Today, I share two types of the questions I generate for labs and tests to…
Handouts are available below Big Idea What is the One and Done Myth? If you’re using Standards Based Grading (or plan to), you may have encountered it already. It’s a popular misconception, and, today, I dive a little deeper into what it is and how to fight this myth. The “One…
Handouts are available below Big Idea I was giving a workshop on Standards Based Grading last week, and one question that came up – which comes up a lot – was whether we’re allowed to fail students when we use standards based assessment because some of my colleagues have heard from their administrators…
Handouts are available below Big Idea Are you happy with your unit plans – or, do you go through them and, afterwards, wonder if you really hit everything you’re supposed to? And, did I do it as well as I had hoped? And, was there a better way? To be honest, I fall…
Handouts are available below Big Idea As science teachers, we have students produce graphs all the time – but how do we mark them without spending too much time on it while still maintaining a high standard? In this post, I’m sharing how I use proficiency scales – specifically, a 1-column rubric –…
Handouts are available below Big Idea Are you looking for a super creative project that has students learn about cell organelles? In this episode, I share one with you – one that my colleagues have said, on one hand, that it’s creative and innovative. But, those same colleagues have also said that it’s me…
Handouts are available below Big Idea Can students look at a graph and understand what’s going on? I explain to kids that this is an important skill to have because graphs aren’t just the boring ones we see in textbooks with the x and y axis. Graphs have become more visual, more sophisticated, especially…
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