New technology is constantly being developed and pushed at schools as the next great thing for students. But navigating all the coding...

Creating a structure to keep a rocket ship safe from the winds of a hurricane takes a place to investigate, explore and create! ...

Science begins with questions. Our students are naturally curious, and always have questions about what they see happening in the world. ...

What can a teacher tell from a student's model? How can a drawing help evaluate a student's understanding? As this example of a 5th...

This year one goal we have for students is to strengthen the written work in Science Lab. We are using Argument Driven Inquiry #ADI...

Connections. If I had to pick a word to represent this year, it would be connections. One of my goals this year was to make connections...

One of the biggest challenges with the new science standards in NYS (#NYSSLS) will be how these standards are assessed. With the new...

Our Driving Question Board for 4th grade has filled up with our models of initial thinking about roller coaster, and questions we have...

The first week of school went quickly and in science lab we dove right into making models to show our thinking. Model making is an...

Starting to set up the Science Labs for a new school year

Bringing together Phenomena, models and student questions to guide the learning of the unit. This year I wanted to bring together all the...