448050911201448 March 2021 | Polka Dots and Protons - Interactive Science Notebooks & More

My goal is to make interactive science notebooks engaging for 5th grade and middle school science students while improving science test scores. NGSS expert, teacher, tpt author, mom, & widow

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 I've come to terms with the word widow. I am one. I became one at the age of 45, twenty-two months ago. There are vibrant widows with f...
  STEAM Project: A true STEAM project that includes empathy and literature as well! This project has it ALL. Project Background: What if yo...
 The learning must go on even as we are quaratined. I sent the students home with their mung bean experiment and sketch notes for us to comp...
I got my first Covid 19 vaccine! I had to drive really, really far to get it but I was glad to start feeling more secure. I have been teachi...
I am fortunate that I have been teaching in person since October. Teaching on Zoom stinks and we know kids are "multitasking" whil...