Lab Morning was going hectic till this student brought his teachers TACOS!!! Yum! Joe Straus III Middle School

Mixing it up, once again! Looking for chemical reaction indicators! Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSScience

SO much valuable learning is taking place today thanks to all of our volunteers! Joe Straus III Middle School NISD Straus PTA Northside ISD NISD Counseling #StrausCareerDay #TheStrausWay

When I missed recording them run with excitement with their lockbox, they were good sports and decided to redo it. This time in slow motion. Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSScience #thestrausway #breakoutrooms #middleschool

Students once again excited about chemistry! Breakout Day was a success! Great teamwork with Juan Delgado. Thanks to our Straus Library for lending your Breakout EDU boxes! Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSScience

Chalking it up the the moon 🌙 . Classroom is outside today! Seasons & moon phases #nisdmsscience #thestrausway #nisdstraus

The day turned out to be beautiful so we decided to take our learning outside!!!!! Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSScience Mrs. Ramirez

Our Mavericks are Stars! Learning and creating the life cycle of a star . #thestrausway #msscience #handsonscience

Graphing out Predator- Prey Relationships Juan Delgado Joe Straus III Middle School #teamstraus NISDMSScience

We have to spill the BEANS ! These birds are really after the bean-bugs! Environmental changes including eruptions, deforestation, non-native birds, and earthquakes are causing bean-bugs to decline in population. Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSScience #funscience #ecosystems Juan Delgado

Speed Lab was a hit! Calculating for Speed Races included marble release, Hot Wheels, parachute men dropped from the breezeway, running, and for our biggest Houston Astros fan Juan Delgado pitching speed! Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSScience #sciencelabs #Science

Channeling out inner Bob Ross with some water painting! Vocabulary micro-painting. Geology Unit #ScienceTwitter #Geology #scienceeducation Juan Delgado Joe Straus III Middle School

Who said art and science shouldn't go together?! Straus science always providing students with cross curricular opportunities. Geology Vocabulary Micro-painting! Mrs. Ramirez Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSScience

Look what we did today! We played this fun twist of Connect 4 to review for our benchmark test! As a team, students put their answers on Post-it notes. After 3 questions, we check to see which notes get knocked out. 4 in a row gets points ! Joe Straus III Middle School NISDMSScience #sciencefun

Molding student's minds and Plate Tectonic Boundary Movement! Thanks to our Straus' parents for donating playdoh! #thestrausway Joe Straus III Middle School #ScienceTwitter #teachingscience #platetectonics

"Periodically" we (teachers) make mistakes, but our student's element posters are the best! #science #thestrausway #ScienceTwitter #chemistry Juan Delgado

We had a super successful #CareerDay! Thank you so much to all the presenters, volunteers, and administration for all the work and time that went into such a great day!! #StrausMavericks #TheStrausWay

Using Brainingcamp to #countatoms today. What a great way to show molecules and help students understand coefficients! #thestrausway NISDMSScience