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Brennan Koch
Jun 10, 20204 min read
STOP Grading Everything: 5 Keys to Reducing YOUR Work Load
I have come to save your day. In fact, I have come to save your days, lunch breaks, prep periods, weekends, holidays and personal days. I...
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Brennan Koch
Jun 8, 20204 min read
10 Lab Hacks: Simple ways to make lab day more efficient
If you are reading this, you are likely a science teacher. And as a science teacher, you have felt the lump rise in your throat as you...
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Brennan Koch
Jun 1, 20202 min read
Sticks, strings and competition in your classroom
My boys solidified something in my mind this weekend. We were out camping and they decided to make bows and arrows. And the first hint...
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Brennan Koch
May 26, 20202 min read
Fear of inquiry: Science teachers afraid to fail.
All science teachers love the idea of inquiry. We love the idea that students would use their own problem solving skills to design a...
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Brennan Koch
May 24, 20202 min read
Did you catch dysentery? I sure did.
Only some of you will know what I'm talking about. Those of you who are forty-ish. You eagerly sat down at the black screen with the...
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Brennan Koch
May 22, 20203 min read
To break the glass ceiling
I just received an email that opened my eyes. It was from a parent expressing gratitude for teaching her daughter. (These are are much...
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Brennan Koch
May 20, 20203 min read
Teachers are darned if they do...
There are two warring factions in science teaching. On one side is the desire to be liked. This sounds immature, needy, and petty. But...
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Brennan Koch
May 19, 20202 min read
How to tell students they are dumb, and they will love it!
I am supposed to be grading finals. But instead I am thinking about a picture that my class took on the first day of school. Each year,...
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Brennan Koch
May 17, 20201 min read
In the foxhole with your students
In this strange time of virtual teaching there have been numerous chances for teachers to reflect on our craft. I had this epiphany...
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Brennan Koch
May 14, 20201 min read
Connecting competition to curriculum!
The wait is over! Stoich Decks is producing games with a brain! Created by a 19 year chemistry teaching veteran, Stoich Deck games are...
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