I love giving students a chance to interact with science content through exploration activities.  Although direct, explicit instruction is a necessary component of any middle-level

Congratulations to Krystal at Lessons From the Middle on her first blog birthday.  She has over $500 of awesome products and gift certificates to give

One of my favorite lessons to teach is on cohesion and surface tension.  The kids are naturally curious and very excited about it, so that

Yahoo! Midterms are over and I’m finally done grading and logging all of the results.  Report card grades are done and the much awaited second

In attempt to rescue my 6th grade students from yet another desk-bound activity during midterms week, I created this up and out of your seats