Science stations middle school

As usual, my students struggled with erosion more than any other content standard so far this year. So, I made a stations unit for some of my students to use to help them master weathering, erosion, and deposition by wind, water, and ice. Whew! So helpful– they ended up mastering the content. Here’s a ... Read more

Incorporating science stations into your NGSS instructional strategy is one way to embody more student-centered, three-dimensional teaching.

Capitalize on middle school student's desire to be social with science stations while they interact with science content in a refreshing way!

One of the most engaging physical science units in middle school science is energy forms and energy transfromations. Stations labs, CER stations activities, interactive science notebook activites and more are included in this blog post. Learn more about teaching energy transformations in middle school science.

So you have finally decided to try out stations in your class. The problem is - you have NO idea how to begin. Rest easy because I'm about to give you all the tools you'll need to make stations a favorite in your classroom!

I've a had a few teachers email me asking about how to begin to use stations in the science classroom, so I thought a quick How-To Post was in order. My students are doing stations this week (4 out of the 5 days), so I will refer to those stations throughout this post, in addition to adding some pictures I snapped in class today. First and foremost, I've discovered that not all content easily lends itself to stations. And not all students are 100% ready for this different way of doing…

While teaching forces and motion in your middle school science class, there is so much you can do to make the topic more engaging! I love having students complete stations, choice boards, task cards and a running lab! Learn more about how I use these activities in the blog post!

If you've been around my corner of the internet for a little bit, you know how much I HATE REVIEWING. It doesn't matter if it is for the AP bio exam or a unit test, I just truly dread review days. One of the BEST ways I've found to review for exams or unit tests is by making review stations.

So if you've been around here much, you know that I love to use stations in my high school science classes. Stations aren't just for elementary students -

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