Curriculum… Kids Discover Blog Post: Breaking news – every subject is trending! 2 Nov 20242 Nov 2024 Having trouble engaging your students? If you said "No," what planet do you teach on? Because here on planet Earth every teacher has difficulty engaging their students at least once…
Being an Example… Kids Discover Blog Post: “Grit Busters: What’s Sabotaging Your Students’ Toughness?” 5 Sep 2024 Many educators and parents have expressed to me their concerns about the growing lack of grit they see in the youth of our schools. Usually when multiple people perceive there…
Planning Instruction… Kids Discover Blog Post: SCHOOL’S IN FOR SUMMER! 26 Jun 20245 Sep 2024 Not every student and teacher have the summer off! If you are in charge of a summer school class, OR you are a parent hoping to maintain learning at home,…
Conservation… Kids Discover Blog Post: Place-Based education 15 May 202415 May 2024 Who doesn't love a great field trip? But field trips can be much more than just fun journeys that connect with topics students are learning about. They can be "place-based"…
Collaboration… Kids Discover Blog Post: Eclipse Preparation 101 3 Apr 2024 The eclipse is coming! The eclipse is coming! On April 8th, a solar eclipse is going to be visible to ALL the states of America, and fifteen states will have…
Curriculum… Kids Discover Blog Post – Poetry isn’t just for April 5 Mar 20245 Mar 2024 As April - National Poetry Month - draws closer, and I prepare to lead an after-school poetry club, I am reminded of the importance of poetry. I am also reminded…
Classroom Management… Kids Discover Blogger 7 Feb 2024 I am excited to announce that I am now a blogger for the amazing teacher resource, Kids Discover! I have enjoyed Kids Discover for DECADES. I read their wonderful, educational magazines as…
Biomimicry… Innovative Imitation 27 Jul 202127 Jul 2021 What does birdwatching have to do with trains? What does “shark week” have to do with staph infection? What do termites have to do with ventilation? These are just a…
New Hampshire Science Quest for The NH State Fossil Revisited 7 Jan 20217 Jan 2021 I was surprised to receive an email today with the subject heading of "Mastodon!" It was from the Concord Monitor's reporter, David Brooks. David Brooks is also known as the…
Being an Example A Letter To My Students 6 Mar 20206 Mar 2020 Dear Fifth Grade Students, I am SO sorry I have not been in our classroom for an entire month! When the doctor first described my surgery, I was told I…
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