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I have always been a fan of teaching the scientific method. Plus, knowing food was the key to my students’ hearts, still is, I loved using candy to help them learn about the scientific method.
Fast forward 28 years, and that is still what I am doing. However, I have now expanded it to have them prove commercial claims, do some fun basic activities where they learn h...
Picture the first week of school. Instead of a syllabus and a seating chart, your students walk into a crime scene. There’s a case to solve, evidence taped to the board, and a room full of kids who suddenly forgot they were nervous about the first day. They’re arguing about who did it, digging through the clues, and building a case, and they have no idea that what they’re rea...
Why AI literacy matters for our students, and a few simple ways we can start teaching it.
More than half of our students are already using AI. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that more than half of teens say they have used an AI chatbot to help with their schoolwork, and that number has been climbing fast. Rather than asking whether students shoul...
I’m just going to put this out there. AI isn’t here to replace great teaching. It’s here to support it. Think of AI as your teaching assistant helping you plan lessons faster, personalize learning for your students, provide meaningful feedback, and spend less time on repetitive tasks so you can spend more time teaching.
With that said, the problem is that there are ...