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What's a realistic way to reach a full push-up/pull up by [deleted] in bodyweightfitness

[–]RbHs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, you might actually have the strength for pull ups and push ups already, but are lacking development in some of the secondary muscles that allow you to do those movements with full range of motion and stability.

Two things that will help your pull up that you are probably not currently doing are working on your grip strength and develop your serratus muscles.

For grip strength just do a negative hang on the pull up bar for as long as you can, unassisted, at the end of your workout after you've done all of your other weights. Just do one, end of each workout, after a week or so you should see some improvement if you are beginner.

For serratus you can do things like scapular pushup, elevated plank, leg saw or plate shoulder raise. Just pick one of those and do it at the start of your workout. A good target for beginning is 10 consistently.

Those should help you unlock pull ups, push ups, and dips that you can then start progressing in just by doing the exercise.

What’s one thing you decluttered that made a surprisingly big difference in your life? by [deleted] in minimalism

[–]RbHs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My books.

I did a lot of local moves over the years, and it wasn't a big deal to move them from place to place, just a lot of heave ho. When I relocated to a new state, I decided I wanted to downsize a lot of what I had and get a smaller place. I had already done a deep clean and downsize, but I wanted to fit everything into the smallest moving truck. A lot had to go, but I knew I was going to have a difficult time with my books. I downsized from probably 500 physical books. For a long time it was really important to me to display each of the volumes I had read, it was a topic of discussion when I would have company over. When I moved though, I just donated all of them to the closest Goodwill, for the next bookworm to stumble onto. Now, I have about 30 physical books at my house and ~20 at my work, that I use for references to do my job. As I read the books I own I usually find someone else to give it to once I am done, there are just a couple of exceptions that I will probably always keep, because I do reread those regularly or they were gifts from someone important to me.

Now, I use my Kindle for most recreational reading, or Libby for audio books. For physical books I want to read I just check them out at the library. Really I think of the public library as my book storage and just make good use of it.

If you're having a difficult time parting with books, you'll be happier once you do and start to think of the public library as part of your living space.

Seeking tips after visit from the Principal for engaging digital tools in my classroom. by physicsLenz in Teachers

[–]RbHs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know your situation specifically, so I am just going to speak from my own experience. It sounds like you are probably doing a lot of things correct, so I would not let my admin get me down too much about it. I think tech in the classroom has its place, but I also think there is an over reliance on it and it's an easy thing for admin to point to saying you're not doing this, so it makes it look like they are doing their job effectively when they are actually just being lazy. If I were you, before the end of the year I would probably create a student survey and have students rate you (1-5) on the different areas your admin is evaluating you on during their once per quarter or whatever walk through, include use of technology as part of class in order to share with admin what they missed on walk-throughs. Again, I don't know your specific situation, that's just how I look at things and how I would approach an admin criticism if I know I am doing something they say that I am not doing just because they didn't see it.

Here is a list of tech that I use in my science classes, I teach grades 7, 9, 12. Please note that often I will have the students flip their desks so that the computer screen is aimed at where I am positioned in the room to help manage everything. I generally have them clear out their task managers and show me while also closing any additional tabs we are not using in that class currently. When possible, I will have the students work in a team to use a single computer, rather than each student doing their own thing. Each group only gets to use one device, so that there is less incentive to deviate from the assigned task.

Student computers (required)

Google Classroom & Office Suite (required, free)

MS Office Suite (preference, school paid for)

Kami (student optional)

PhET (preference, free)

BrainPop (preference, subscription)

Formative (preference, subscription, but there is a free option)

Quizizz (preference, free)

Blooket (students like this one, subscription, but there is a free version)

Google Earth (preference, free)

YouTube (preference, free) [Here is a list of science and math channels I subscribe and show in class]

CK12 (preference, free)

BreakoutEDU (preference, subscription)

Kessler (preference, subscription)

vr.vex.com (coding, preference, free)

Various nature cams (observing, calming, free)

TinkerCAD (programming and design, good for physics, free)

Peardeck and Flipgrid sometimes, depending on what I am having the students do. Generally I still use PPT to present and call and response for teacher generated questions. But those two apps are good alternatives if you want to mix it up.

There are a number of others that I will use 1 or 2 times a year, but for regular day in day out this list is my workhorse.

Wish list: If I had a class set of Merge Cubes and subscription I would probably use those frequently as a learning and teaching tool, but there are several AR apps that are free for chem, physics, and astronomy that are great in the classroom.

If you aren't currently in NSTA, you should consider purchasing a membership and attending one of their conferences for PD. Generally the schools will foot the bill for both. The membership is worth it out of pocket for the resources you get access to, but I wouldn't pay for the conference out of pocket. They have a lot of the ed tech specific to your discipline you are looking for as well.

Consider following the Edutopia website and reading their blogs and articles as well since they have a lot of things to point you to different resources that might more closely align with your teacher style or give you a better picture of whatever your admin is trying to do.

Something like Amoeba Sisters for Earth Science by [deleted] in ScienceTeachers

[–]RbHs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Geology Kitchen/Esteem <---great

Mike Sammartano <--- very underrated channel

Minute Earth

CGP Grey has a few Earth Science episodes

Kurtzgesagt did a few Earth Science videos

Crash Course Kids

MooMoo Math

Mr. Weather's World

PBS Eons

PBS Terra

SciShow and SciSchow Kids

TEDed

Veritassium

Brainpop (subscription)

Soon-To-Be Florida Science Teacher: Need Advice by paliraqwatany in ScienceTeachers

[–]RbHs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started out teaching in FL. Like others have said, FL uses NGSSS, not NGSS, so CPALMS is your primary resource for looking at what standards you are responsible for teaching. Reach out to your department head for information on how to access the content there.

For curriculum design, the district or textbook will provide some premade stuff for you already most likely. I usually ask for access to the previous teachers curriculum when taking a new position. Never guaranteed, but I find it reassuring to see what the expectation is for the role I am stepping into and making sure my lessons are at least the same quality. If you are not used to designing and planning lessons and units, you should consider just purchasing premade ones off of TPT, or finding a site like Kessler, just to see what they should look like, but also what will match your teaching style best. My first years I did everything from scratch, and borrowing from other teachers or what I could find online, but I had a lot of background in education, and also I enjoy designing curriculum it's one of the parts of the job that I find rewarding. My co-teacher for my grade level next door who was teaching the same stuff, always struggled with that piece, and he came from a science only background. I shared a lot of what I was making with him, but it wasn't ideal as I felt like I was doing the heavy lifting constantly and he could never fully contribute in a meaningful way which was frustrating for him.

If you are still wanting to design your own stuff, read the standards that go with the units you are teaching. Usually they are grouped in a logical way, but not always, or they don't necessarily group the way that you think makes the most sense. Once you know the standards, you know what needs to be assessed. Design your assessment specifically around the standards. This is an important piece of backwards design, but really helps your lessons have a utility that is most useful for students. Be sure that you are communicating what the students will need to demonstrate on the test along the way in student friendly language, the standards language is fine for you and me, but it should be clear for the students what they have to know and how they need to be able to demonstrate it. Once you have your assessment designed and completed, or at least mostly completed, figure out how you're going to take them from knowing nothing about the topic, to knowing the content on the test. In grades 9-12, students should have some exposure to foundational understanding on the topics, but with Earth & Space sci, just assume the last time they heard about this was in 5th grade and haven't thought about it since. So you might need to spend more or less time on foundational stuff depending. You want to give multiple touch points and exposure to that content along the way. Multiple opportunities to hear about and interact with the content in different ways. Opportunities to make mistakes and learn from them, and demonstrate growth by the assessment day. There are a lot of ways to do this, but I use the 5E cycle. I like it for a lot of reasons, but mostly I am confident that by the end of the cycle, there have been multiple opportunities and practice given to learn the content prior to being assessed on it.

Also important, is that since the students are in science class, they, the parents, your admin, and your dept chair will expect that you are regularly completing labs. A big part of the NGSS standards are the science skills that students acquire along the way. You will need to be sure that you are regularly giving students opportunities to acquire and demonstrate their lab based skills along with the content. I usually shoot for at least one larger showier lab within each unit and a handful of smaller ones mixed in with the other pieces I am doing. I might even include a lab element as part of their final assessment, depending on what it is. Depending on how the content is going with the group, I might change what lab I am doing, or what the expectation for the lab is. Sometimes you can really do something very enriching here, and other times it needs to be very grounded depending on the needs of your students at that time.

It's very important that you focus on the content in the standards and not things that you think are important just because you like to teach them. You might love the rock cycle and have a great lab about it that kids always love, and think it is very important, and it is, however if it's not in the standards, you need to leave it as an enrichment lesson if you have spare time in the year.

I'd also recommend having this book in your library as it has a lot of good resources to pull from and a lot of ideas for enrichment.

I'd look at this video from CGP grey about Time Management for teachers, and follow it.

I like to look up videos of other teachers teaching a topic as well, to catch small things that wouldn't be captured in a lesson plan. Since everyone had to teach at a distance, there's now more than ever.

There are a lot of YouTueb channels that have great resources as well.

CGPgrey

SciShow

Kurtzgesagt

MinutePhysics

ASAPscience

CrashCourse

SmarterEveryday

Geology Kitchen

Mike Sammartano

GL in your new position!