Posts by Michael Ralph

Flipping and Going In Circles

Flipping and Going In Circles

Moving student learning out of the classroom will require better formative measures of competency and content acquisition.   Summer is...

NSTA 2014 – Ideas and Resources

NSTA 2014 – Ideas and Resources

As I sit here among the clouds, thousands of feet in the air speeding back toward the central time zone,...

Science at its Core

Science at its Core

A full day of doing science for a full semester of investigation and community. The Olathe Methanotroph Isolation and Identification...

A Little Birdie

A Little Birdie

The role of social media is rapidly evolving, but education can still be a part of those interactions.  I am...

Organismal Behavior in NGSS

Organismal Behavior in NGSS

I have been wrestling with how to tackle the new behavior standards in NGSS since this past summer, and the...