STEAM Classroom

This hall pass is editable, including teacher name, amount (if any) extra credit, as well as date, time, location, etc. I generally give my students half a sheet (3) of these per 9 weeks and let them only leave if they have one. It helps keep students in class learning, especially when they learn that they MUST have one to leave class. I hope they help you!

Bellringer, bell work, seat work, morning work...whatever you call it, here is a simple little template to use. I recommend printing this on colored paper and using 2 sides to save trees. The colored paper makes it really easy to visually scan the room to see that students are on task working.

This min-lab allows students a hands on look at the difference in convex and concave lenses. Students really enjoy this activity and have had success in generalizing similarities and differences in the lenses concavity and focal lengths. I have used this in 11th grade physics/physical science classes, but it could also work in lower grades, as it just focuses on students making observations and generalizing them.

This is a document I have made that our science department has adopted for labs 9-12th grade. Over time, students have gotten used to the format and this template has made writing lab reports in AP classes a much easier transition. This would be appropriate for all grades, and can be modified to fit any grade level. Please use this and share it with your colleagues!

This is a fun way to get to know your students and for them to get to know each other. This worksheet has a variety of analogies that students will have to think about and answer about themselves. For instance, if you were a candle fragrance, what fragrance would you be? I love the smell of a spiced candle in the fall, but that isn't my analogy. By changing the questions from "what is your favorite color" to "If I were a color, I would be..." students have to take a deeper look at themselves

This reading log provides room for the student to write the date and the name of the book with lined paper. It also gives room for a parent signature.