Blog @ ScienceGeek.netMy personal views on teaching, strategies, methods, resources and motivations. These are strictly my own opinions, and don’t represent the opinions of my school or district. It is my goal to keep this positive and solution oriented. Comments are always closed. This is not intended to be a forum for debate.
Something very unusual happened to me yesterday. I was teaching chemistry in my second period class when an office aide brought a package into my room and handed it to me. My first response was, “I haven’t ordered anything.” She responded that the package was addressed to me. When I looked at the address, it […]
Change is a part of life, but it has not always been central to education. When I began teaching, there were some peers whose lesson plans and notes seemed to have been written on parchment. They hadn’t been changed in many, many years (if ever). And, there was no compelling reason for them to change. […]
When I was doing my student teaching in Santa Barbara many years ago, the adviser to the science teachers in the program arranged periodically for us to meet after the school day with respected members of the teaching community. One of those meetings, at Santa Barbara High School, was with a veteran teacher whose name […]
Background I’ve decided to do some writing on teaching. Over the years, I’ve been the benefactor of some great advice and some superior role models in this profession. At this point in my career, it seems important to me to share some of what I’ve learned. Even if this is not read by anyone, the […]
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