When I approach any of my science classes, I am guided by two questions. First, what do I want my students to know? Secondly, what do I want my students to be able to do?
If I can walk out of class at the end of the day having my taught my kids something, and leave them more confident about learning on their own, then I have done my job.
[...] and as I try to sort them out while running. I’ve come back to two ideals that link into my two driving questions. I want to increase play in my science classroom, and I want to increase risk-taking in my science [...]
[...] students get exposed to essential Advanced Placement ® science content, I am falling back on the two driving questions that drive all my effort as a teacher. Those questions are, “What do I want my student to [...]