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Archive for October 28th, 2011

SBG Success – Part 1 (Point Distribution)

Posted by: Scott on: October 28, 2011

(This is a follow up to a previous post on Standards-Based Grading.  I’m so pleased with the success, I started writing and created a monster post.  I’ve gone back and broken it into bite-sized chunks to scare off fewer readers.) The first quarter is almost done and I’m incredibly pleased with my conversion to Standards-Based [...]


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Hi, I'm Scott. I teach in a charter school in the city of Philadelphia. I started this blog to help me keep track of the things I want to do in my classroom and it kind of got away from me. I still use most of the lessons and activities you see here, so I know they work. Feel free to email me with questions, I'm happy to help.

It's 2011/2012 which means my courses are different once again. When I first started, I taught two courses, Physics and Conceptual Physics (which is physics-lite). Year 6 at this school has seen a maturing of our science program, we are offering many more science electives. There is no more Conceptual Physics (oh yeah!!). I've got two sections of Physics, one of Calculus, and this year two sections of my STEM elective - now called Robotics & Engineering.

As always, I'll be adding activities, ideas and insights as I come up with them. I also update old posts with new information as I redo the activities. Many of these activities are good for summer camp and just experimenting at home, so dig in and please feel free to add your own ideas.

Most importantly, comment and/or contact me. I'm here all the time since, like you, I'm always working on lesson plans, labs, and other activities to engage my students. I am never too proud to borrow a good idea that works. Enjoy.

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