Why does ice float?Have you ever thought about why ice floats on water? Both are water, one is a solid and one is a liquid. Now, this is not something we...
Roller Coaster PhysicsRoller coasters are a fantastic tool to teach about forces and motion. All of my students have either ridden on or at a minimum seen a...
Coaster Physics This year has been so challenging to provide equitable lessons and labs to all my students both remote and in person. I can not send home...
The Great Conjunction of 2020"Conjunction Junction, What's Your Function" has been playing on loop through my head for a week leading up to last night's Great...
What a Year!I had good intentions this year to be more active in writing. However, as it does, life gets in the way. This year was riddled with...
PaleoclimatologyWhew, this year has gotten away from me! I started teaching in a new district and surprise, surprise, I was starting from scratch with...
"New Hampshire gets earthquakes?""New Hampshire gets earthquakes?" was a common question today as we dove into day 3 of Natural Hazards. Today was also not the day to...
If I could have titled my week....It would be “Introduction to Google Sign On” or “My tech savvy students are not tech savvy”. It was painful. I spent way too much time...
Escape from GringottsI ran a Harry potter themed Escape the Classroom game last night, "Escape from Gringotts". I spent way too much time creating all the...
Natures Liquid Gold aka Maple SyrupWe have jumped full on into maple sugaring season here in New Hampshire. Three years ago, we began tapping some of the maples on our...