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I use the latest in brain science research to create lessons that are engaging for students and easy for teachers.
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Electrical Energy Examples for Your Middle School Classroom
We use electrical energy to light our homes, cook our food, and power our electronic devices. Electrical energy is vitally important to...
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Teaching the 8 Phases of the Moon
The moon is one of those topics that all of your middle school science students will have some background knowledge around. However, to...
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How to Teach About Sound Energy
Potential and Kinetic Energy If you want to understand sound energy, first you have to know about energy. Energy is all around us. Energy...
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How to Teach What Causes Day and Night on Earth
You may think that your students all know that the Earth revolves around the Sun and day and night are caused by the Earth’s rotation,...
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Teaching Multiplication the Easy Way
Multiplication was one of my favorite things about teaching third grade. I think it stems from the fact that I did not learn the...
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How to Remember the Steps of the Nitrogen Cycle
An Overview of the Nitrogen Cycle The nitrogen cycle describes the different ways nitrogen moves through the environment. Nitrogen is an...
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How to Teach Earth’s Seasons in Middle School Science
Teaching about Earth’s seasons is a great way to integrate your science and social studies lessons. You can teach about the Earth’s...
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What are the 6 Properties of Life?
At first glance, the difference between living and nonliving things seems pretty clear, but digging deeper, it gets complicated....
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How to Teach the Theory of Plate Tectonics
I love teaching the theory of plate tectonics because I love it when history and science overlap. First, it allows us to tell a story,...
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How to Teach Chemical Reactions in Middle School Science
Teaching chemical reactions in middle school science can be tricky because you provide the foundation for lessons that will be taught in...
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Teaching the Biomes of the World
I love teaching the biomes of the world because it brings together so many science topics. We can talk about how the angle sunlight hits...
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5 Amazing Facts about Earth History
Do you need to get your students excited about learning earth history? Unfortunately, science can often seem boring to students, but we...
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How to Teach Food Chains and Food Webs
Food chains and food webs are one of those topics introduced during elementary school that we expand upon during middle school. Your...
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How to Teach Earth’s Compositional Layers
Teaching Earth’s compositional layers is always a good way to start your middle school earth science unit. First, it is a pretty simple...
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How are Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes Different?
Prokaryotes and eukaryotes are organisms made up of two basic types of cells. You may also hear them called prokaryotic and eukaryotic...
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What is the Geologic Time Scale?
What is the geologic time scale? If you are teaching Earth history, you need to help your students answer this question before they can...
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Easy Ways to Teach the Water Cycle Steps
The water cycle is one of those science topics that keeps coming back in school. Kids first learn about the water cycle steps in first...
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Effortlessly Understanding the Forms of Energy
Teaching the types of energy is a huge topic! Students have to know about potential energy and kinetic energy, but they also need to know...
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