Chuck Smith
The Pursuit of a Better Student Experience
About Me
The 2015-16 school year is my 11th year of teaching at WFMS. I have been teaching for 21 years and have experience teaching in Allegany County, MD, Prince George's County, MD and now Frederick County. I started in FCPS at Brunswick Middle School as 6th, 7th, & 8th grade science teacher and was head girls soccer coach for five years at Brunswick High. I have a wife who teaches Language Arts at OMS and three boys who keep me busy. I enjoy gardening, fishing, sports, and the outdoors.
Follow me on Twitter: @charlessmithIII
Education:
Advanced Professional Education certificate: Admin I/II Endorsement
Bachelors of Science in Biology from Frostburg State University
Master’s in Educational Leadership from Hood College
Classroom Focused Improvement Process (CFIP) at WFMS
The idea was to create a process that could be replicated and modified from year to year to align with Next Generation Science Standards.
Click on the links to have access to activities I have created for 8th grade science.
Term one = Identifying a problem and forming a valid hypothesis
Term two= Organizing, interpreting, and presenting data
Term three = Writing a scientific conclusion
Digital Learning in my Classroom!
Student Samples:
Variations unit: What makes me who I am? Example 1, Example 2
Students developed their own explanation of the rock cycle: Chocolate Rock Cycle
Summarizing what they have learned from classroom lab activities
Space Unit: How do people explain what they see in the night sky? Example 1, Example 2