Under the Microscope: New Science Curriculum and Instruction

Changing curriculum/textbooks is always a challenge, but an exciting challenge that I welcome!  Embracing the science standards and revising the unit of studies from August through May have been just like starting my teaching profession at ground zero.  Attempting to implement interactive science notebooks, making hands-on experiments a weekly part of science class, and embedding technology-based projects to reinforce learning or to make presentations of learning is the very heart of this teacher's pursuit to equip students for further learning and preparation for their impact on society once they leave the walls of our school.  Whew! That being said, each unit has been carefully put together with the hopes that my students will have a love and excitement for exploring their world and an increase in their scientific inquiry of the world they live.