Honoring 9/11 – A Delicate Balance

…on Wikipedia.org, and I edited it to create a shorter PDF version to use with students. If you use it with your students, please remember that the details in the…

Spontaneity Brings Math to Life!

…in records, planning and especially in the classroom. To her, education is all about fostering creativity and facilitating hands-on learning. Visit Nyla’s blog, Nyla’s Crafty Teaching, for more engaging lesson…

Going Marbles for STEM Hands-on Learning

…your run? Having your students create a marble run can be a fantastic learning experience for your students, and it makes a great STEM project, too. Believe it or not,…

A Dozen Fun Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

…one newspaper. Add digital photos, scanned artwork, quotes about the school year, awards and accomplishments – the list is endless! To conserve paper, produce the newsletter in digital form and…

Valentine Candy Hearts Math Investigation

…looked at the range, mode, median, and mean of the data. Then we counted the candies, graphed the colors, and crunched the numbers to look at the variations between the…

Quiet Signals and Timers

…make use of new technologies. Online Timers – If you have an interactive white board in your classroom, or even a desktop computer, online timers make great quiet signals. You can…

Interactive Whiteboards and Web Tools

…the Internet. Plickers Free Online Assessment Program Are you using Plickers? It’s a free online program for assessing students, and it’s fun! Here are some resources to check out: Plickers…

Fun Games for Learning the 50 States

…numbered map and, without talking, writes the name of the corresponding state (and capital, if desired) on his or her dry erase board. When everyone is ready, the Leader says,…

How to Cure the Classroom Library Blues

…can read the reviews on Amazon to see what you think. In the image on the right, the Intelliscanner is shown at the top, and the cheaper, generic scanner is…