Category: professional development

How to Teach a Unit on Magnetism

Teaching children about magnets can be challenging. A magnetism unit needs to follow NGSS standards. Your unit on magnets is a fun and engaging way to integrate hands-on learning activities and provide students with opportunities to solve real-life problems. Learn how to teach magnetism to students while incorporating the Next

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Teaching a unit on natural disasters

How to Teach a Unit on Natural Disasters

If you’re looking for a high‑interest, standards‑aligned science unit, look no further than teaching natural disasters unit. Students are naturally drawn to topics like earthquakes, tornadoes, and volcanoes—and these lessons are perfect for integrating literacy, NGSS practices, and critical thinking. This guide gives you six powerful strategies to make your

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How to Support SEL during Remote Learning

 Remote or distance learning was something that was mentioned but not really thought out until we were thrown into it in the spring of 2020. While academics always play a role in the learning process, one area that was severely neglected was the social – emotional learning of our students.

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How to Archive Your Learning Management System

Whether you loved it or hated it, distance teaching is finally over for this school year. Before you throw your hands up with joy to kick back and relax this summer, it helps to do a few housekeeping tasks to clean up your digital learning management systems. Archiving a class

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How to Assign Work through Your Learning Management System

Welcome to the world of distance learning. Many teachers were suddenly thrown into technology this year, many with little to no experience with technology. Prior to the pandemic, many teachers who were not comfortable with technology could get away with doing the bare minimum or nothing at all. This is

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