09/28/2026
vertical whiteboards arenāt just for math! I love to use them in my science classes, too!
Today, we started modeling a phenomenon and instead of working on our worksheet, I had students get up to the boards and work together to create a model. Then, the students observed all of the other models, and we discussed what we liked about the different iterationsā¦ how certain ways of creating the model helped us understand the phenomenon better (captions, labels, showing change over time, etc!). Lastly, students then created their own model on their paperā¦
It was awesome watching them āstealā (in the best way!) othersā ideas, and representations as they worked on their own (preliminary) āfinalā modelā¦ and Iād say the whole activity it was way more productive than simply having them go straight to modeling on their own!
if youāre looking for more ways to use whiteboards in science, there is a podcast episode I recorded over the summer that shares some of the ways I incorporate vertical whiteboards into my classroom
