How do you engage students at the end of the year? Ahhhh one of life's biggest questions!
I don't know about you, but my high school students are ready to be done after spring break, and it SHOWS big time. What do I do about it? How do I engage them at the end of the year? I let them choose from some of their favorite experiential learning activities.
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What are self-directed learning strategies that empower learners and promote agency? This is a popular question among educators that have an interest in self-directed learning and know the benefits, but aren’t sure about how to go about incorporating self-directed learning strategies in their classroom or homeschool.
One of the most common inquiries I get is for inquiry-based learning examples. It's widely known that inquiry-based learning is beneficial, but knowing how to use inquiry-based learning can feel like a mystery. Almost every learning experience that I facilitate with my own children and my high school students centers around inquiry-based learning, and I want to share some of those examples with you!
Are you looking for an awesome way to engage middle and high school students in Earth Day? Take a look at these Earth Day project idea driving questions. Give Earth Day an exciting and real-world twist with project-based learning!
As an experiential educator and parent, I understand the significance of introducing my students to career exploration activities and guiding them toward a logical career path, as well as ensuring they have real skills to navigate evolving career landscapes when I’m gone. Let’s talk about career exploration projects that students can apply to their real lives!
Project-based teaching in schools is taking the world by storm. Student-led project-based learning in particular could revolutionize education as we know it, instilling in learners a lifelong passion for learning and preparing them for the future.
Are you a parent, teacher or student looking for some plant project science fair ideas that are easy and engaging for everyone involved?
It doesn't have to be hard, it doesn't have to take a ton of time, and no one has to be a professional scientist or even a trained science teacher to do these experiments. Check out some of the plant project science fair ideas here to make your lives a little easier. Build a plant science experiment or a research project around the ideas offered here while still making them your own! Welcome to my experiential science blog series! This blog post marks the beginning of this series with fun end of year science activity ideas specifically around the theme of "Mad Science".
I often get asked about tips for helping students build self-direction skills. Teachers commonly enter the world of student-led learning inspired and confident but quickly discover that many of their students are unable to self-direct, and that can be frustrating not just for you but for your students as well.
One of the most common inquiries that I get from educators is asking for project-based learning art ideas.
Here’s the thing about project-based learning: it is subject-integrated. You can incorporate art into ANY project-based learning experience if that’s what you want to do. |
Blog IntentTo provide innovative educational resources for educators, parents, and students, that go beyond lecture and worksheets. AuthorSara Segar, experiential life-science educator and advisor, curriculum writer, and mother of two. Categories
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