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One of my big goals going into my 2nd year of teaching was to include more problem based learning, labs, and projects in the classroom. Over the past few months …

In our community, Roseland, only 2% of students graduate from a 4-year university.  Our mission at Chicago Collegiate Charter School is that 100% of our students will graduate from college …

It just so happened that all the letters came in right before our winter break, so we spend our last few days of school opening and writing back letters! Students …

Today’s post was written by Ms. Parker, who teaches 5th grade pre-scientists in Halifax, NC.  It’s October! I can hardly believe a month of school has already passed. As a …

As we approach the middle of September we are finishing up the matching of scientists with prescientists, and are ecstatic to enter our fourth year with this program! As this …

This June marked middle school graduation for my first class of 6th graders. For those of you that have been with our program from the start, this means your first …

My students are working hard to learn the DEAL design process within our forces and motion unit. As a STEM middle school, we focus on teaching kids the engineering design …

What was your favorite field trip in middle school? I hope my 6th grade students will be able to reflect back years from now and say it was their trip …

Just in time for Earth Day, students are learning about ecosystems around the world. Before diving into ecosystems, we finished learning about rocks, minerals and soils. Students were excited to …

Wow! It is hard to believe, we are already in our third quarter of 6th grade! With our winter break in December and settling back into the groove of things …

November was all about energy, which is pretty much always the case in a 6th grade classroom. This time our energy was focused on trying to understand where we find …

October 17th arrived and students were absolutely thrilled to receive their pen pal letters. We spent the class learning how to address envelopes and correctly respond to a formal letter. …