by Megan Browne | Feb 13, 2021 | NGSS, STEM
This year has brought around challenges for our science instruction like never before. In the past, I think the hardest part was gathering supplies but now we’re faced with a plethitude of challenges. See how I battle these problems while I still teach science with...
by Megan Browne | Feb 2, 2021 | NGSS, STEM
When I was in third grade, my teacher Mrs. Sass gave us a project. It wasn’t just any poster and paper project to prove what we learned… It was a project that I still remember to this day because it was SO ENGAGING! Let me introduce you to my favorite type of...
by Megan Browne | Aug 20, 2020 | NGSS
What is phenomena? How can we as facilitators in our classroom introduce, teach, and invoke curiosity surrounding the phenomena? The answer is to get students interested in what they’re about to explore. Take this video for example. It’s cool to look at...
by Megan Browne | May 15, 2020 | NGSS, SEPs
The past few weeks I have been diving into the Science & Engineering Practices and how to use them in a Kindergarten classroom. Today is no different, so let’s dive into using Mathematics in science as well as computational thinking! If you’ve just...
by Megan Browne | May 7, 2020 | NGSS, SEPs
There are four main components to a lesson that you should use to begin planning an investigation in Kindergarten. This can be used as a guide to prepare for this exciting task! I promise your students are going to love any lesson that you put in front of them when...
by Megan Browne | Apr 24, 2020 | NGSS, SEPs
Diving into science instruction using the NGSS was extremely overwhelming. I was so focused on the content that I never paid attention to the cross cutting concepts or the science & engineering practices. After this post, you’ll be using SEPs in Kindergarten...
