framework "posters" for classrooms

homemade "posters" of the Cross-Cutting Concepts and the Practices from the Framework for K-12 Science Education.

I suggest you print on different colored paper and laminate.  I have one wall with the Cross-Cutting concepts and another wall with the Practices displayed.  

If you want a "word" version, email me and I can send that directly via email.  I could only post pdfs here.

True Colors Personality Test

True Colors Test

A really short, great personality assessment for people of all ages.

Next Generation Science Standards

NGSS

2005 Alabama Science Course of Study

http://www.alsde.edu/sec/sct/COS/2005%20Alabama%20Course%20of%20Study%20%20Science.pdf

10 Surprising Facts About How Our Brain Works

link to a very interesting article

Science Teacher must have

here is another book that EVERY science teacher should own and read over and over again.

I really do feel sorry for other subject areas when they realize that they don't have a conceptual framework like we do.  We are spoiled!!  A must read for Big essential questions, the science and engineering practices, cross-cutting concepts and core ideas.  

Page Keeley misconceptions books

One of the most powerful discoveries of my teaching career......

I stumbled across these books at NSTA.  Saw them in the bookstore and thumbed through.  They looked very elementary and as a high school teacher, I didn't think I'd have any use for them.  I put them down and browsed on.  Later, I happened into a workshop because the one I wanted to too far to walk to.  You know how that goes.  I was half listening and half looking for a closer workshop that would interest me.  I really was just needing a chair.  Then I heard the conversations about this "probe" or question that was being projected.  Holy cow!! I was blown away and then I remembered that these were from that "elementary book" I looked at.  I could NOT have been more wrong about these books.  I recommend that any teacher hoping to get to the heart of their students' science misconceptions will buy at least one and try it out.  IT WILL CHANGE YOUR TEACHING!!!!

Here is the link to NSTA bookstore.  

Strategies from CCRS meeting Jan 14

Here is another HUGE list of strategies that were shared from the Alabama State Dept of Education at the Jan meeting of the CCRS (College-Career Ready Standards) Implementation meeting.  It is a wealth of really good stuff.

Oregon SDE resources

Here is a huge list of strategies stolen from the Oregon State Dept of Education.  It has very comprehensive explanations of how to carry out each strategy:  Cornell notes, directed reading thinking activity, fish bowl, focused free write, GIST, Giving a Speech, Graphic Organizers, Inquiry charts, journaling, RAFT, conducting research interviews, Role Play, Socratic circles, SQ3R, stump the teacher, and Three level study guides.