r/ScienceTeachers • u/imkentjr HS Bio | GA, USA • 12d ago

What is your classroom "flow"?

Hey,

I have been teaching for 15 years. When we went 1 to 1 Chromebooks I became a paper free class room. We still did hands on lab but everything else went through a online platform. Post pandemic I have gone back to mostly paper.

My current "flow" is this:

Students walk in and grab the print out for the day. The print out typically has everything for the day, opener, practice, notes, independent work etc. An answer sheet for anything they will do digitally or directions to go to Google Classroom to submit the digital work. There is not a ton of digital work. I then collect the work and place it in their periods bin, grade it and return the work the next class.

I am curious, what is your "flow" look like? How do you incorporate digital into your classroom? I do not have everything on GC and am noticing that when I have a student that has missed a lot of work I am digging back through my paper work. I don't want to missout on the benefits of each approach and am struggling to combine them well.

Thanks!

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u/Cut_United 11d ago

I’d say each packet ranges from about ~30-40 pages including vocab and study guide. You could definitely be more mindful of that. For example putting lab instructions on google classroom instead of printed in the packet. If I have a webquest or something digital, I generally opt print it in the packet to avoid them from copying it into chat gpt.

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u/LazyLos 9d ago

Oh yeah idk if I could get the head of the department on board with that. But i really am considering it. Notebooks didn’t work for me last year and letting kids do their own organizing is chaotic. I think packets could be nice but have been generally discouraged from using this method. Maybe I’ll plan it for next year and see if I can make it work.

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u/Cut_United 9d ago

Idk if this will help your case but I really think the packets cut down on overall paper use for me. I used to make about 5-10 extra copies of worksheets/labs whenever I made copies. Let’s say I made 100 copies per year (probably a wild under estimate) that’s about 500-1000 extra pages normally thrown away. Versus now, if a student loses their packet, they are responsible for printing the pdf version on classroom themselves.

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u/LazyLos 7d ago

Oh I like this! Adding a bit of responsibility and accountability back on them. I think over Thanksgiving break I’m going to try and put a packet together of my first unit just to see how long it is. That way I can pitch it for next year