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Nov 21, 20234 min read

Using Visual Checklists in the Science Classroom (NGSS & IBDP Style)

It's hard to believe that it is already my 14th year teaching secondary science, and my 10th year teaching in international...

Apr 25, 20234 min read

One of the best ways to help your students understand the value of what they are learning in class is to invite in a guest speaker. I'm...

Apr 11, 20233 min read

Are you looking for a way to break up your lesson and get students both thinking and moving? Try an opinion line! An opinion line is a...

Mar 28, 20235 min read

One of the most challenging things about teaching Climate Change is helping students to understand the evidence we have for this alarming...

Jan 17, 20236 min read

An important part of any Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) unit is the Anchoring Phenomenon, something from the "real world" that...

Jan 3, 20237 min read

For those of you who have been to my blog before you probably already know that I am an experienced and passionate international science...

Dec 20, 20227 min read

As part of my Grade 10 Integrated Science course we do a unit on Mechanics, and we start that big unit with gravity. While I do many labs...

Dec 13, 20223 min read

Every year I look forward to one special day in my Biology class, a day full of fun, corny pick-up lines and "romance" as my students...

Feb 1, 20224 min read

Here in Morocco we have been experiencing yet another wave of Covid-19, and like so many teachers and students around the world we went...

Dec 12, 20214 min read

In case you haven't noticed I love labs! Like all Canadian high school teachers I have two different teachables, in my case they are...

Oct 2, 20212 min read

I have been very fortunate to always work in schools with a pretty good selection of prepared microscope slides and pulling out a few...