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mratzel
Middle school teacher
Interests: my faith, photography, teaching, mountain biking, sci-fi movies and books
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Using SEPs to push thinking in a simple lesson about energy types
Posted Jul 17, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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2 Tweaks later: Changing a publisher lesson into 3D NGSS learning
Posted Jun 11, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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6 Things about Building 3D Learning
6 Things about Building 3D Learning Finding that initiating event and writing a probe to uncover what they already know is proving to be a huge challenge. I think I'm on revision 3 or 4. This highlights where I could... Continue reading
Reblogged Jun 9, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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6 Things about Building 3D Learning
Building a 3D learning experience is a blast but it's a tough mental challenge. Thoroughly read the Framework to make sure you understand the concept and the progression of the idea throughout the grade bands. Supplement your reading with a... Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Catch a Wave with Slo Motion
Posted Apr 29, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Perfecting the NGSS Engineering Dance
A virtual colleague made this observation recently on Twitter which got me reflecting on what I found out from my own experimentation with engineering and science practices & learning about Newton's 3rd Law. Seamlessly moving between #NGSS Sc & Eng... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Surefire way to increase curiosity in reading about science
Posted Apr 21, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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3 Things Learned from Design Cycle Learning
Finished with the first 3 classes in this fast-paced, lean design cycle. It was a success and there's much to learn. Today each team had time to test out 2 designs that solved the Matchstick Rocket problem. I think they... Continue reading
Posted Apr 6, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Startup Rapid Prototyping Meets NGSS Engineering Challenges
Today begins the great experiment. I'm so excited I could hardly sleep last night. What can 8th graders apply from the design protocols familiar to Startup weekends to an 8th grade engineering challenge on Newton's 3rd law? Thankfully I will... Continue reading
Posted Apr 6, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Apr 4, 2015
Lunar Eclipse Selfie Style
Posted Apr 4, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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SAMR, chemical reactions & NGSS
Cell phone videos are my newest experiment. It's technology that many students already own and it doesn't involve using their cell minutes, so it doesn't cost them or their parents anything. Students created models and explanations for how the conservation... Continue reading
Posted Mar 29, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Building graphs for CER
Posted Mar 18, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Helping Grad Students Write Essays
I''m learning all about Turn It In's formative assessment capabilities. It is stretching me....but I can see so much power in breaking essays into pieces. I'm using this with my grad students in a course called the Thinking Classroom. They've... Continue reading
Posted Mar 18, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Close Reading/Crosscutting Concepts for Newton's 1st Law
Having just joined the #NGSSBlogs, I'm finding tons of helpful blogs from other science teachers who really care about shifting their practices into 3D Learning (that's the term for weaving content, practices and cross-cutting concepts together). Today I'm responding to... Continue reading
Posted Mar 16, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Inching my way to evaluating Conservation of Mass
The task was straightforward. Use a model to describe how the total number of atoms doesn't change in a chemical reaction and thus mass is conserved. Emphasis on physical models or drawings. Not to include atomic masses or balancing symbolic... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Student Deeply Consider what Conservation of Mass...
Student Deeply Consider what Conservation of Mass means. This was a tough "get" for us. Students had to think about what variables were involved in determining if a chemical reaction changes the mass of the products relative to the starting... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Pulleys & Cranes a good way to approach Newton's 3rd law?
Posted Feb 28, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Inspiration from brave pitches at KC Startup Weekend Edu
Blend a marketing meeting with an evangelical church atmosphere with passionate people who want to change the world....and you'll have last night's KC Startup Weekend EDU Friday Night Pitch Session. Brave, amazing people stood up and had one minute to... Continue reading
Reblogged Feb 28, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Why does that go there? Conservation of Mass
Implementing the more classroom conversation is tough work but very rewarding. The biggest challenge is maintaining cognitive demand during the task. I'm having to build lessons and tasks that can engage students in multiple ways. Their investigation challenge was to... Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Integrating more Formative Assessment
Posted Feb 20, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Chemical reactions rock
Posted Feb 15, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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NGSS and StartUp Weekend
Thinking about how to blend NGSS and Startup Weekend designing. I want to link the NGSS Engineering Challenges to a Design process that makes this engaging for 8th graders and combines the engagement of engineering/entrepreneurial thinking. Undertake a design project... Continue reading
Posted Feb 15, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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Inspiration from brave pitches at KC Startup Weekend Edu
Posted Jan 24, 2015 at Reflections of a Techie
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