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My Team Won One: Middle School Esports Coaching in Real Time

We’re 7th graders. We play Smash. We just won a match — and I’ve never been prouder of a group of middle schoolers risking it all for the…

1d ago

My Team Won One: Middle School Esports Coaching in Real Time

1d ago

When a Student Question Becomes an Experiment (and an Excuse to Use Dice in Class)

Science class was rolling along — one of those days where I felt like I was doing a decent job explaining the weird magic of genetics. You…

6d ago

When a Student Question Becomes an Experiment (and an Excuse to Use Dice in Class)

6d ago

“Was 9/11 Chosen Because the Emergency Number Is 911?”

I was in the middle of a religion lesson — probably something about Saints or Halloween and All Saints Day — when a student raised their…

Nov 1

“Was 9/11 Chosen Because the Emergency Number Is 911?”

Nov 1

Cozy Copycat: Olive Garden–Style Chicken & Gnocchi Soup

I love the Gnochi Soup from Olive Garden…. I’ve been trying to make something similar at home and now that it’s gotten colder it seems to…

Oct 26

Cozy Copycat: Olive Garden–Style Chicken & Gnocchi Soup

Oct 26

When the “Expert in Everything” Teaches Next Door: Surviving the Perpetually Outraged Colleague

Confession: I love teaching middle school. I love their chaotic brilliance, the unpredictable questions like, “Do we actually need lungs?”…

Oct 24

When the “Expert in Everything” Teaches Next Door: Surviving the Perpetually Outraged Colleague

Oct 24

Gardyn — Savings or Higher Bills

Does Gardyn Save You Money — or just Light Up Your Electric Bill?

Oct 18

Gardyn — Savings or Higher Bills

Oct 18

Teaching During Homecoming Week: A Masterclass in Controlled Chaos

Let me tell you about the magic that is Homecoming Week. Not the football games or the spirit days. I’m talking about that wild, mystical…

Oct 9

Teaching During Homecoming Week: A Masterclass in Controlled Chaos

Oct 9

Crockpot Garlic Parmesan Potatoes

Ingredients:

Oct 4

Crockpot Garlic Parmesan Potatoes

Oct 4

Incubating Curiosity: Our Classroom Chick Project

Cell to Organism

Sep 29

Incubating Curiosity: Our Classroom Chick Project

Sep 29

Breakfast Strata: The Make-Ahead Brunch Star

There’s something magical about waking up and knowing breakfast is already taken care of — especially when it’s as good as this Breakfast…

Sep 26

Breakfast Strata: The Make-Ahead Brunch Star

Sep 26

Athena

Athena

Mom of three boys. Computer programmer living in the country with my husband focusing on my hobbies and youngest son. https://ko-fi.com/athenaandrew

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