Pre-testing academic vocabulary interactively

It’s more fun all round to get students talking science using concept cards, than giving them a pre-test. Here’s what we did, and some interesting conceptual confusions students have about force and motion.

The Start of a Project Based Learning Community?

How to get started with Project Based Learning – boiling it down to a very few pieces: Linking to our own lives, time to brainstorm compelling questions, and a whole lot of resources.

PBL + Standardized Test Results = ?

What was the effect of a project-based 8th grade curriculum on standardized test scores?

Boys, feelings, bullying and redemption in “Luke and Jon”

Two useful truths for the upcoming school year emerge from this beautiful book about two pre-teen mis-fits set in Peak District in the north of England.

Learning the language…

Learning French and teaching science – lessons from the road…