Middle school science

How to Engage Students in Science

Ideas and inspiration for your middle or high school science classroom! In this blog post, I'm sharing 16 of my favorite organization hacks.

Back to school always felt like a fresh start for me. One of my favorite parts about teaching was that each year I got a chance to correct the wrongs

Virtual dissections can be a huge help in teaching science, biology, physiology and anatomy. Here are some of the best resources for your lessons and labs.

Looking to plan a comprehensive cells unit for your middle school class? Get all the worksheets, presentations, quizzes and tests you need in PDF format!

Your first year teaching is going to be one of the hardest years of your career. I frequently went home near tears thinking “I just can’t do this. It is too hard.” But I promise you, it gets easier! I’m in my 10th year teaching and I spend a lot less time planning and preparing ... Read more

If you are like me you HATE lecturing. I simply cannot find the strength every class to get in front of students and blab on while...

Balloon rockets, naked eggs, and biodomes ... so many hands-on ways to learn!

Having a classroom management system in middle school is so hard!! A lot of it is too “elementary” for them and they just won’t buy into it! If you want a management system to work for any grade level, there has to be buy in from the students. When I was in college I had a professor who was like Mr. Feeney to me & he told us, “a child will do anything for a Jolly Rancher.” I used this to my advantage & made it into my classroom management system! Jolly Rancher Wars is a weekly challenge…

YES! You CAN integrate songs into the middle school science classroom! There are SO many popular songs that can be integrated into your middle school science activities. Check out this list for songs that can be used when teaching the periodic table to kids, when teaching middle school space lessons, physics or the human body systems! A great way to start virtual classroom meetings, for classroom transition ideas or as introduction to a science topic. samsonsshoppe.blogspot.com…