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Started the year off with a fun Bunny Copter STEM activity to get the kids collaborating and excited to be back! - Dane Kees

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Started the year off with a fun Bunny Copter STEM activity to get the kids collaborating and excited to be back! - Dane Kees

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We did an experiment where we grew plants using milk and juice in place of water.  The students have been enjoying checking on the progress each day.

Danielle Flanigan
Crockett Middle School

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I allowed the students to create/draw a food chain on an Instagram template and create a caption that described the relationships between organisms drawn and why the organisms are related.

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This is a student example of an ADI poster used for Argument Driven Inquiry

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Students must follow a guiding question, design a lab, conduct a lab, gather data, create a graph, and "argue" their claim with evidence and justification and tie it all to a given science concept.

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During labs, I have students collect data, organize their data tables then graph and analyze their results. (CER + Graph)
-Raino Bhatti

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My team came up with a card game to practice reactivity. Students got 1 card each. Each card had a number, 1-7. Students were told to find other people who's numbers would add with theirs to reach 8. First people to do that would win.

Do ensure they learned 1 and 7 valence electrons are the most reactive, we added a couple rules. First, no double evens (no 4 + 4, or 6+2)-Only one even per group allowed. Secondly, who ever did it with fewest people (meaning pairs, not trios) would win, even if a trio did it faster.

They started figuring out that they wanted the cards with a 1 or a 7. And they started realizing if they had a card with 1 or 7, they wanted to partner with the one they didn't have.

I had students yelling at the start of a round "Who has the 7?!". It worked great. They have those numbers seared into their brains now.

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Students did a lab and CER and investigated how convection works using convection tubes

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We engaged students this six weeks by getting them up and moving and collaborating with academic conversations. Using stems, music and gallery walks students were able t become the student teacher and hold their peers accountable for their learning. Students that normally never speak were now teaching other students important concepts.

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We engaged students this six weeks by getting them up and moving and collaborating with academic conversations. Using stems, music and gallery walks students were able t become the student teacher and hold their peers accountable for their learning. Students that normally never speak were now teaching other students important concepts.

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Students practiced using their periodic tables in the periodic table battleship game.

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Doing a lot of hands on activities help keep the kids engaged. A lot of them missed that part of science.
Jermarcus J. Webster Lamar MS

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(This is my 2nd entry, someone's post is covering my first post)

I used the rainbow lab to engage my students. They were really excited and engaged in the lab. I used this an an opportunity to reinforce lab procedures and accurate measurements. 🧪

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We had students build Atom models with manipulatives. Then someone would come up to the board and create it with subatomic particle magnets!
- Caroline Creasman

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For the first 6 weeks, one thing that I did to get the students engaged was simply be excited about my content. I am always goofy in the classroom and I and always positive… and loud! They love it and I always have really high participation.

Another strategy I use is 3,2,1 strategy where when I say 3,2,1 everyone YELLS the answer out. And they LOVE IT cause they get to be loud and get excited about it.

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I printed out bilingual vocabulary, and a word bank to get students out of their desks. My students loved being able to look at the visuals that were put under the definitions. One thing that I liked was that I was able to use this time for interventions to help my SPED and ELL students.

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We used Scavenger Hunts, videos, kahoots, and teach/ reach strategies to get students to engage and collaborate with one another. We use a lot of movement throughout the class.

Ms. Skinner, Houston MS

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Reni Moore-Engage or Explain (5E-lesson)

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Reni Moore-Engage or Explain (5E-lesson)

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I used a BrainPop Video on Living Things to get the student engaged. I followed it up with an Accountable Talk discussion using the Quiz “review questions”. It also helps to have a reward system (points) using Class Dojo.

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Students were really excited about going into the lab and they really enjoyed conducting the rainbow lab. I used this opportunity to demonstrate measurement and lab procedures. 🧪
Ms. Jones, Austin MS

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After our Egg lab, the students created their first CER posters. We placed posters in the hall, and they gave positive feedback to each other. Very nice.

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- Sarah Lane

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Mentimeter polls and Quizlet live
Digital sorts

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We used the safety scavenger hunt from the curriculum

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I had students video their labs so they could rewatch and see how other students approached the same lab. (It also helped with students who were unable to make up the lab and missed it entirely.

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We used the ADI lab process which really gets students engaged. With this process, students think, act, speak, and write like a scientist.
~Anneliese Cutler, Travis Middle School

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Describe one strategy, activity, or resource you used the first six weeks to get students engaged in learning.

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