This was sent by a coworker at work, so it must be safe for work, right? With a slight modification I might add this to the classroom…..
Author Archive > David
Competition is good!
Current lab for freshman physics: Using pipe insulator half pipes and marbles students are making roller coasters. Group with the most loops get 5 points extra credit. They are eating it up. I love engineering labs.
Things I hear in the classroom
I was substituting for a middle school band/technology teacher. In the tech class students asked if I play video games, to which I said yes. This was the following conversation: Student 1: “Do you play minecraft?!” Student 2: “Of course not you idiot do you see the ring? He’s married!”
The Office Hypothesis
When I enter a school for the first time, I found that the biggest predictor on student’s behavior seems to be the attitude of the school’s office staff. I first noticed this pattern at my previous job at Mad Science, where I went to various school to do classroom workshops and after school classes. Schools [...]
Do teachers get paid alot? A reddit conversation
Them: “Teaching is certainly one of the most underpaid jobs.” Median teacher’s salary in my state is 60k for working 3/4′s of a year. Me: Why the downvotes? It is a factual statement. There are a couple of things to point out though. Many states the pay schedule is done by district, not by state. [...]