Teaching High School Science

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 blind idealism.

In all, I wouldn’t do it. That noise is for chumps.”

While I agree to some extent to what he says I do not think teaching is for chumps.  I am however an optimist.  Tell me what you think.

Tags: high school, science, teaching

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 (independent study), Ecology, Biology, ESL Biology (now it would be ELL), Physical Science, Chemistry, and AP Chemistry. I have also taught at Biology classes in a few Local Community Colleges. I am currently looking forward to a new class I have started at my high school Environmental Science.

While doing research for my new class (along with my old ones) I have found some resources but they are scattered all over the internet. I am hoping to build a community of science teacher to share their lessons, ideas, frustrations, thoughts, worksheets, labs, and what ever else so we can all be better teachers. I would like to put together information in categories and get it nicely organized, but I need your help. If you have any ideas or anything you would like to contribute please let me know. Thanks and happy bogging to all!!

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