http://sciteacher.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:57:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, here we are in a new school year.  The kids return tomorrow.  As we are returning take a look at the biology curriculum the teachers in the chicago area came up with.  Again this is for all student from the lowest levels the the brightest.  Chemistry teachers from the ... http://sciteacher.edublogs.org/2008/08/18/new-school-year/ Well, several of the Chicago area high school biology teacher got together over the past year and came up with objectives for ALL biology student. It does not matter if these are low level or high level student or if they take biology as freshmen or later. The ... http://sciteacher.edublogs.org/2008/07/30/biology-objectives/ Here is antoher article I found: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/no-child-left-behind-more-high-school-dropouts-15531.html  I think it is interesting that what was intended to help students is in fact harming them.  I personally have no problem holding teachers accountable as long as students can also be held accountable.  We all know that each student learns differently and ... http://sciteacher.edublogs.org/2008/07/21/nclb-more-high-school-dropouts/ Here is another link to an article on teaching in hisgh school: http://www.thechemblog.com/?p=755 The author talks about parents being too involved or not enough and the state mandating too many things.  He ends the post with: "To be a teacher these days requires more than just starry eyed optimism, it requires ... http://sciteacher.edublogs.org/2008/07/09/teaching-high-school-science/ I found this post as I was looking around. http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/chemistry-can-be-fun/ Take a look at the video here. Is this something you would show your class? I think it is creative. How would you use it in class. Are there other thing you have done or ... http://sciteacher.edublogs.org/2008/07/08/cemistry-can-be-fun/ Since I am new to blogging, I am not fully aware of how to use this tool for my students and I am sure there are many others out there who are in the same boat. I am thinking about having my Environmental Science students doing journal entries similar ... http://sciteacher.edublogs.org/2008/07/03/using-blogs-in-a-science-class/ At my school we are looking into our chemistry curriculum with the idea of changing it. We are looking at many different areas including topics to cover and the depth versus breadth argument. I am looking for a little dialog about what and how things should be covered ... http://sciteacher.edublogs.org/2008/07/03/chemistry-curriculum/ I had a student this year in my AP Chemistry class who was very smart and, when he put the time in, was the best in the class. He chose to goof around most of the time and was getting a "C" in the class during the second semester. ... http://sciteacher.edublogs.org/2008/07/02/message-from-a-student/ Welcome to my new blog. I am very new to the world of blogging, But I think I can get the hang of it. I have been teaching high school science classes in the Chicago land area since 1994. I have taught many Science classes including Physics ... http://sciteacher.edublogs.org/2008/07/02/hello-world/