Product Description With my online science quiz resource, you’ll gain instant access to four online quizzes that I host on my website. These quizzes can be used as an assessment piece or as practice before a test or quiz. Students can do the quizzes as many times as they like and since the questions are […]
Word Search and Scramble Student Activity Bundle – 59 Activities -Growing Bundle
Product Description These activities ensure your students don’t have any downtime between activities, lessons, etc. What they are is a collection of topics, each containing an original word search and a word scramble (made, not downloaded from the internet) on common terms that maintain your students’ concentration and focus between activities, as a means of […]
Science Magic – Creating a pH Rainbow For Any Age
So I showed this demonstration to my four year old and he loved it. I then showed it to my grade 10 science class, they loved it (although I couldn’t trick them to think it was actually magic) and then I showed my colleagues who were equally sceptical about its true magical properties but we’re […]
Students Develop Nail Polish That Can Detect Date Rape Drugs
photo credit: Neil Milne BuzzBuzzNailArt. Blog post shared with permission from the author. In the future, a change in nail polish color could be its own warning. Four undergraduate students at North Carolina State University are attempting to produce a nail polish that will reveal the presence of “date rape drugs” such as Rohypnol and GHB […]
Looking for an Inquiry-Based culminating task?
Students are always working at a different pace from each other and as an educator, you want to make sure that you are providing an opportunity for those who move at a faster rate to explore and learn as they can. This is especially true if you want to provide your kids with a project […]
Grudgeball – A review game for everyone
I came across this game from one of my peers and think it’s really awesome. In fact I have been using this regularly this year as a fun and creative way to review before a test. So far I have used it prior to my grade 10 chemistry and biology test using the practice questions […]
Fireworks Explained – Teaching Tool
While teaching middle school as well as grade 9 and 10 science, the topic of fireworks always seems to come up when we discuss chemical reactions. Everyone loves fireworks but for many, they truly are works of magic in the sky because the science behind them is so poorly understood. I came across this article […]
Science In The News
I really like to get my students connecting what we are learning in class with the real world. This creates engagement and further answers the question I addressed prior of “Why are we learning this? We will never use it in real life”. One way that I do this is by getting them to review different […]
Creative Video Assignment
This is my most effective assessment item and it can be converted with little effort to suit any subject or grade level. I have used this project for grade 9-12 science classes as well as a grade 10 mathematics class. For an example of what can be produced, please view the video below. For a more detailed […]