The Inspired Classroom

I provide my students with the outline and instruct them to create it in their likeness--wearing the same clothing, same hair, same eyes, et...

After learning the photosynthesis song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1_uez5WX1o, we create a photosynthesis model. This model begins as...

First, I should give a “heads-up.” This is not a one-class period lesson. There is going to be a lot of drawing, discussion, and writing. ...

This is another super simple foldable, called a shutter fold. It begins with a regular sheet of copy paper. Each ‘short’ side is folded in...

This foldable is so simple! Fold a regular sheet of copy paper in half hamburger (width-wise) style. Cut the front in half up to the fold ...

The queen of foldables, Dinah Zike, suggested this foldable in her Big Book of Science. I hand drew the image based on her example. Just l...

I am always amazed what I learned but was never officially taught. Then, my students come to me, and I sometimes expect them to have the sa...