30 Praxes from 30 Years of Teaching brings together instructional practices I have developed, adapted, and refined throughout my career as an educator. Each Praxis shares the thinking behind the practice, how I have used it in my teaching, and resources educators can adapt for their own students—all for FREE.
Students learn about the people behind scientific discoveries and introduce themselves to classmates through a Scientist Mingle.
Students consider how their identities, experiences, families, and communities shape how they see and participate in science.
Students build confidence in the laboratory through safety, classroom orientation, and practice using scientific tools and techniques.
Students use the Science Writing Heuristic to plan investigations, make sense of evidence, and develop scientific explanations.
Students research a science-related issue and create a newsletter to communicate what they learn to others.
Students use Photovoice to document their communities, examine science-related issues, and share what their photographs reveal.
Students use sketchnotes to make sense of scientific texts by organizing ideas, connecting scientific models, principles, and vocabulary, and making their understanding visible.
