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Task Cards & Why You Need Them
If you are a secondary school teacher, task cards are probably not a common item in your tool kit. But let me tell you they should be. I was introduced to them from several vloggers on YouTube who were creating them for their elementary/primary classrooms last year and they can be a game changer! Task…
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6 Tips for Gardening Activities in the Classroom
No classroom activity has ever been more welcomed than planting vegetable seeds. It starts with smiling faces and dirty hands, and ends with senses of pride and accomplishment. And it is the gift that keeps on giving. The activity was less than a success my first time around – not having enough soil, pots or…
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Creating Glaciers in the 7-12 Classroom
Sometimes, when teaching middle school or high school Geography its enough to just “go-over” glaciation and keep moving on, particularly if it is not as relevant to your subject curriculum than other topics. It is just as easy enough however, if you have the forethought to have the students experience it with some hands-on learning…
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Feel Good Friday’s
Feel Good Friday is my favorite day of the week, and the students too. Not just because there are two days of freedom ahead, but because it’s Feel Good Friday! Feel Good Friday was born out of the desire to let the students relax whilst being active in a community setting. As I had left…
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Simulating Plate Tectonics
I am not sure who created this wonderful activity. I was introduced to it just after the millennium by a colleague and I am still using it today. Simply using a Double Stuf Oreo cookie as a manipulative, students can reaffirm their learning about some of the key plate boundaries: convergent boundary, divergent boundary, transform…
Welcome!
I’m Robin, a high school Geography & History Teacher, who is also crazy about tourism education. The purpose of this blog is to share what I have learned from my own experiences as a 7-12 educator over the past 24 years. You might have a very different grade and subject niche and therefore different priorities and needs, but I do hope there is something here that helps make teaching better for you and your students.
