Stimulating Science Simulations

Finally, it is here!  Some of my colleagues have been after me to write up the details of a simulation that I created last year for teaching financial literacy.  Well, now that I have successfully defended my dissertation (yes - I am now Dr. Kaiser 😎), I finally had time to sit down and put it all together. I will give you a brief overview and then you can go grab the PDF from my website . The challenge is for students to end the school year "debt-free".   As the teacher, you are going to make this a difficult task - just like IRL (in real life). There are 2 main costs for starting up this simulation. 1. Journals for every student.  These can be composition notebooks, spirals, 3 ring binders, or just some paper in a folder.   2. Purchase the pro version of the Random Name Selector app.   Note: I do not receive anything for promoting this app.  Other apps may work but this is the one I used and I thought it was well worth the upgrade fee. ...

I've decided to link up with the Teaching Blog Addict for Friday Freebie ! Our entire building just got new bulletin boards.  Really big ones for right outside our doors in the hallway. This was a wonderful donation but you know what it means when you get a big bulletin board.  It must be covered.  So I began the hunt for a fabulous idea.  Here's what I ended up with and how I did it. I covered the board with some wrapping paper from the dollar tree.  It was pink with butterflies all over it.  I used a boarder that had a white picket fence and flowers to finish off the edges at the top and bottom of the bulletin board.  I found some laminated buggy accents and scattered them on the board. I decided on the title: "Science Doesn't Bug Us!" To make the title I used one of my favorite fonts and printed the letters. I cut the letters out to make my own letter templates and traced them onto a roll of bright blue contact paper. ...

This is not something I will come even close to doing justice to, but... a friend shared this website with me. Can I just say -WOW! If you are working with/teaching according to the "Common Core" and you don't know about this website, you absolutely must stop what you are doing and go there NOW! What is this amazing website? Learnzillion You seriously just have to see it for yourselves. There is a feature that allows you to set up your students in a class and assign specific lessons along with quiz features. I am hooked!

If you missed out on this opportunity, don't fret. You'll have another chance the next time I get a big gift card to spend. Don't know what you missed? Read about it in my earlier post. And now for the lucky recipients... Sorry... the video isn't great. This picture shows the results better.  Congratulations!!