Monthly Archives: August 2018

Our storyboard is about an discussion  between an older more experience teacher and fresh out of college new teacher. At a teacher meeting to discuss how they should do the 4th grade history project and the older teacher wants to … Continue reading →

Our Meme is about change in the classroom and how some teachers are very set in their old ways. We have new ideas about how we can change the old, boring research paper into a fun exciting Wax Museum. This … Continue reading →

It is easy for teachers to get comfortable with doing the same thing over and over again, simply because they are familiar and confident with the content area. While conducting research and writing papers is a  crucial skill for students … Continue reading →

How Traditional Research Papers are a Drab by Naomi Cary on August 29, 2018 • 0 Comments When thinking of traditional research papers this is what I picture students feeling: There are many different options for us teachers to explore when thinking about … Continue reading →

A Wax Museum is great alternative to a conventional research paper. Not only will students actually enjoy this project, they will most likely retain the information better by doing something that they wouldn’t normally do. Students are still working on … Continue reading →

Educators often stick to the same routine for their curriculum. When something works, why change it? The problem is that children change over the years and what once produced amazing grades and learning opportunities, does not work anymore. Children need … Continue reading →

What do remember most from your time in school as a child? It wasn’t the research papers and worksheets. It was probably the interactive and hands on projects. From personal experience, I remember loving and learning the most when there … Continue reading →

Instead of students doing a research paper for their end of the unit project, they will be putting on a wax museum where they will pick a famous person in history and pretend to be them. The students will look … Continue reading →

Mrs. Tate: “Since this is an Environmental Science Class, we are going to write an essay about trees.” Tim:” I love trees, but why can’t we do something more fun with the topic?”   Tim is having a hard staying … Continue reading →

Students are getting tired of presenting research in the same old fashioned way. Students need a new way to present research that’s still effective. This different way of presenting research is through brochures. It’s an interactive form of presenting.