This classroom is beautiful! I still have one more year of college before I can reach my dream job, which is to be a teacher, and your classroom has become an inspiration for how I want my classroom to look.
I would have loved to have been in a science classroom like this! The mind appreciates an organized, pleasing environment to be productive in. I find chaos around me makes me unfocused. This is a peaceful, fun, easy room. Awesome job!
From one educator to another your classroom is one of the best I have seen! My classroom has never looked THIS awesome and I've been teaching for 18 years! I love it! Here's hoping that you have a great 2022-2023 year!
SUPERB! So lucky to have come across your video, Sir!. I was looking for a cozy, modern touch and not boring ...this is just perfect! You're an inspiration for an educator like us here in the Philippines! Just subscribed!
Love your classroom! I’m glad to see beautiful classrooms. I’m a middle school ELA teacher and I go overboard with my decor . I like classroom to be inviting. Thanks for sharing. Good luck this school yr😊
I’m a scientist working in the medical field that once thought about leaving the lab to teach. This is the classroom that I would have wanted to have. Love it.
What a fantastic environment in which to learn. I remember my middle school classrooms as being beige cinderblock walls with a whiteboard and 25 desks. And nothing else. This is awesome!
This is AMAZING. I’m gonna be a first year 7th grade science teacher and I’ve been trying to find these neutral but extra classroom environments and you hit the spot. The algorithm finally won! I want the shelves/clear letters but I can’t find them anywhere🙃
Wow ! Truly inspiring for these lucky students! What a thoughtfully designed classroom. I love the atmosphere that you've created here. Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm subscribing immediately.
Love your video! It has all things good for middle school kiddos. Where can I find those amazing high top tables with the electronic plugs? I looked on National Business Furniture, but I couldn't find anything.
This is the exact product and sizes I used: simplystainedshop.com/products/letter-ledges-marquee-letter-board-letter-shelves-changeable-letter-sign?variant=31925260746855
Love the set up! Where will you be keeping track of your going for the gold points, winners, etc? You used to have a wall (?) where you hung a picture of the week's winner. Do you still have that? Thinking of trying it in my classroom (as well as some of your other great ideas)! Thanks!
Hey! Good eye! Yes, I had the posters laminated in my last room, but just less space and I try to get more and more minimal on my walls each year so I want to display it on my smart board and make it digital. I am going to try to do something like Haylee Harwick does with her house system points. She has a highlight about it I believe @hellomrsharwick on IG.
linktr.ee/cook_in_the_classroom Now linked in my link tree. Use the code COOK10 for 10% off. I linked the custom ones, but if you just want science you'll find that on her website too. ❤
I love your classroom! I’m a 7th grade math teacher and I’ve been teaching for 10 years. I had to move classrooms this summer so it’s been fun to look for new ideas.,but sometimes it’s the simple things..like your tip about the Velcro on your stuff on your desk so it doesn’t move. That is golden!! I have never thought to do that but I’m going to go get (more) Velcro today to do just that👍🙂
It is always the little things! When you don't have to move your stuff back 100 times a day, and everything is in its place it's just SO much easier! :)
These were made for me custom. I just put it on my Chromebook cart prior to having three preps, but with three I needed a place for them because I don't want them to get broken (they're cardboard).
@@CookInTheClassroom I have one to test out to see how I liked it and have been so worried it would be ruined with it being cardboard! I have it on a left in my room (I am a first yr teacher and was gifted the mailbox!) so I ever added more I was never sure what to do for them. Making boxes for them myself might not be too hard in our shop lab. ;)
These are from Pottern Barn and I am linking them here. They came with the hardware to hang them and they're attached with fishing wire. A much cheaper alternative would be to just take fishing string (tied to the metal cross pieces of your ceiling) and hang dollar tree candles. www.potterybarn.com/products/harry-potter-floating-candle-string-lights/?catalogId=84&sku=4807743&cm_ven=PLA&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Pillows%20%26%20Decor%20%3E%20Candleholders®ion_id=772240&cm_ite=4807743&gclid=CjwKCAjwgb6IBhAREiwAgMYKRnhu82pFUK_fowzh-Av1W3r-EflN5kcuLdIKJxeWUatwRnwciXmikxoCb5gQAvD_BwE
So helpful and inspirational. I just accepted a new position yesterday so I’m excited to see my room and start setting up. Will be using quite a few if your ideas. Ive always had issues w things staying on block walls even if I hot glue them or command strip them though. Any suggestions? Also do you use a diffuser in class?
That is the cleanest classroom and organized one I have ever seen. I wish my classroom was like that. Where did you get the glow pencil light up item I saw by your mirrors?
@@neannaf5190 It was my first year teaching physical science and I will only be teaching life and earth this year, so aside from my set of posters I only have resources for those. However, Kesler science and Sunrise science (both on TPT) have great physical science resources so check them out. ❤
I still have them, but I get a lot of nasty messages on social media when I share them so I decided for now that I will keep them for me and my students because it's just too much to deal with.
@@dawnreedy7057 Here ya go! Life Science: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Life-Science-Topic-Posters-9-Posters-2-Versions-Included-7106060, Earth Science: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Science-Topic-Posters-9-Posters-2-Versions-Included-7106150, and Physical Science: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Physical-Science-Topic-Posters-9-Posters-2-Versions-Included-8321519
Great question! So this was a computer lab prior to being the gifted science room so it is not setup like a lab like my previous classrooms. The counter space where my posters are is going to be where I sit out lab supplies. Also, the tall cabinets have deep shelves where I have all of my lab equipment supplied. We have no sinks, but there are some next door and across the hall that we can use during labs. As teachers, we always have to find ways to make it work.
@@CookInTheClassroom thank you for your response. I’m actually a high school teacher in Australia 🇦🇺 where having one room all to myself is so foreign.... ps love the touches of 🇦🇺 in your classroom!
Hey Ian, The reason is I teach seven class periods a day, meaning seven learners sit at that desk each day. During the first three months of school last year, we went virtual, hybrid, I had to space learners out six feet, then three, then we returned to in person. Seating charts change. It is very tedious and time consuming and as much as I would love every learners name on a desk it is not realistic. I call every learner by their name and know each student and have strong relationships. This is simply a seating chart.
It’s ni e to see a male middle school teacher decorate his class!!! New sub!!
Thank you!
Wow… I’ve never seen a classroom this organized… a lot of time, money and brainpower went into this. ♥️💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Love the colour scheme! Its very calming. And your room is so clean tidy and organised!
This classroom is beautiful! I still have one more year of college before I can reach my dream job, which is to be a teacher, and your classroom has become an inspiration for how I want my classroom to look.
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You have my favorite classroom setup ever. It almost makes me wish I taught science...almost.
Awwww thank you! :)
I would have loved to have been in a science classroom like this! The mind appreciates an organized, pleasing environment to be productive in. I find chaos around me makes me unfocused. This is a peaceful, fun, easy room. Awesome job!
That's always my goal: to create a calm and inviting space where students can focus. Thank you! :)
It’s even better irl!
I really love your opening line. Very insightful of competitive teachers can be and the unrealistic expectations we set for ourselves.
I love this idea!!! I love how you said do not just copy other teachers but use it as inspiration.
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❤ Yes! Finally a science classroom tour. I'm trying to get some ideas for my biology class. Thanks for sharing 😃
You are so welcome!
wow.. this is very excellent. am picking a leaf if not the whole tree.
From one educator to another your classroom is one of the best I have seen! My classroom has never looked THIS awesome and I've been teaching for 18 years! I love it! Here's hoping that you have a great 2022-2023 year!
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I love how clean and practical your room is!
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This is the best science classroom I've ever seen in my entire life ❤️
Thank you! ❤
SUPERB! So lucky to have come across your video, Sir!. I was looking for a cozy, modern touch and not boring ...this is just perfect! You're an inspiration for an educator like us here in the Philippines! Just subscribed!
Thank you so much!
I love your classroom so much! Moving to middle school next year and trying to find ideas.
Good luck this year!
Love your classroom! I’m glad to see beautiful classrooms. I’m a middle school ELA teacher and I go overboard with my decor . I like classroom to be inviting. Thanks for sharing. Good luck this school yr😊
Awww thank you! Yes, I feel like it's my home away from home and I want my students to feel the same way. ❤️
I’m a scientist working in the medical field that once thought about leaving the lab to teach. This is the classroom that I would have wanted to have. Love it.
Thanks for the kind words!
I haven't seen a room as unique as your. I love this sooooooooo much. I can tell you put your heart into it for your students.
Thank you so much!
This is amazing! It feels so calm and welcoming for students. You can see how much you care about your students!
Thank you, I enjoy every aspect of teaching!
I would love a video on the dual monitor set up!
This is so nerdy. I love it!
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Wow… your classroom looks like an executive office. Very inspirational
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Classroom is Fancy never seen anything like this very welcoming.
Thank you!
What a fantastic environment in which to learn. I remember my middle school classrooms as being beige cinderblock walls with a whiteboard and 25 desks. And nothing else. This is awesome!
Awww yes I don't want my students to sit in classrooms like that! :(
Wow !!!beautiful classroom, I love how everything is so neat and organized. I got a bunch of ideas from your video, THANK YOU
Awww so glad to hear that! ❤
I love your classroom! I teach 5th grade Science and Social Studies. I’m looking for ideas for my classroom. 😊
This is AMAZING. I’m gonna be a first year 7th grade science teacher and I’ve been trying to find these neutral but extra classroom environments and you hit the spot. The algorithm finally won! I want the shelves/clear letters but I can’t find them anywhere🙃
Go to my Instagram or TikTok and click on my Linktree and you’ll find a direct link in a 10% off code. ❤️
How many strands of the lights did you need for your entire room?
Four total. Two wrap the ceiling together. One on each bulletin board.
Wow ! Truly inspiring for these lucky students! What a thoughtfully designed classroom. I love the atmosphere that you've created here. Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm subscribing immediately.
Thank you! ❤️
Love your classroom!! It is SO nice!! Awesome job!! 😁🌟🌟
Thank you so much!!
I absolutely love your classroom!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
This is phenomenal!!!
Thank you! ❤️
Beautiful classroom
Thank you!
I am not seeing the link to your shoe tree organizer. Can you repost?
Love this idea for headphones!!
Thank you.
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Thank You for your reply! Next question is "Where did you find your led lights around the room"?
Here is the link for them: amzn.to/3dvAxxZ
I put them up using these command light hooks: amzn.to/3STlWwj
So cool, period. Do you have the link for the lights? Thank you. So cool.
Here ya are: amzn.to/3dvAxxZ
I’m so jealous of the size of your classroom. 😍
Yes, I am very lucky to have such a large classroom!
Loving this set up!! I’m not even a teacher but living for it!!
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Your room is AMAZING! 😍I’d love to be a student in your classroom. Have a fantastic year!
Thank you! You too!
Love your video! It has all things good for middle school kiddos. Where can I find those amazing high top tables with the electronic plugs? I looked on National Business Furniture, but I couldn't find anything.
It has been a few years ago so I can't find it either sadly.
Love your room! I’m looking at the letter message ledges. What size did you go with?
This is the exact product and sizes I used: simplystainedshop.com/products/letter-ledges-marquee-letter-board-letter-shelves-changeable-letter-sign?variant=31925260746855
Can you tell us about your Cloud Light Covers on the Ceiling Lights? Thank You! Very Cool Classroom!
Yes, so I actually placed them behind the clear plastic so they don't droop down. I got them on Amazon here: amzn.to/3pqisUH
Just WOW!! 🤩 beautiful classroom!
Thank you! 😊
Love it! 🙌🏼❤️ This is by far one of my favorite classrooms setups! Just Subscribed! 🙃
Yay! Thank you! ❤️
Your classroom is amazing!
Thank you!!
Love the set up! Where will you be keeping track of your going for the gold points, winners, etc? You used to have a wall (?) where you hung a picture of the week's winner. Do you still have that? Thinking of trying it in my classroom (as well as some of your other great ideas)! Thanks!
Hey! Good eye! Yes, I had the posters laminated in my last room, but just less space and I try to get more and more minimal on my walls each year so I want to display it on my smart board and make it digital. I am going to try to do something like Haylee Harwick does with her house system points. She has a highlight about it I believe @hellomrsharwick on IG.
Love it!
So glad!
Very nice classroom set up:) cool !!!
Thanks! 😊
Ughhh I love your classroom!!!
Thank you so much!
your classroom looks great!!! omg 2:00 is my fav! i get into my classroom on saturday! and i cant wait! first year teaching !
Thank you and have a great year!!
Love your room!
Thank you!
Where did you purchase the shoe tree that's used for the headphones? Great idea!
That would be the shoe organizer from Walmart!
Hello! I love your science word tiles using the periodic table. I looked all over for a link to them. Can you help me?
linktr.ee/cook_in_the_classroom Now linked in my link tree. Use the code COOK10 for 10% off. I linked the custom ones, but if you just want science you'll find that on her website too. ❤
I love your classroom! I’m a 7th grade math teacher and I’ve been teaching for 10 years. I had to move classrooms this summer so it’s been fun to look for new ideas.,but sometimes it’s the simple things..like your tip about the Velcro on your stuff on your desk so it doesn’t move. That is golden!! I have never thought to do that but I’m going to go get (more) Velcro today to do just that👍🙂
It is always the little things! When you don't have to move your stuff back 100 times a day, and everything is in its place it's just SO much easier! :)
Thank you for sharing this in depth tour! I would love to know more about the wood housing for the cardboard organizer. Are those a custom build?
Sadly, those are custom. My partner's family does the cabinetry for our district so I was able to get them to match my cabinets.
The cabinets that you have the mailboxes in!! Did you buy those (if so details!) or were they from your school? They fit in there so perfectly!!
These were made for me custom. I just put it on my Chromebook cart prior to having three preps, but with three I needed a place for them because I don't want them to get broken (they're cardboard).
@@CookInTheClassroom I have one to test out to see how I liked it and have been so worried it would be ruined with it being cardboard! I have it on a left in my room (I am a first yr teacher and was gifted the mailbox!) so I ever added more I was never sure what to do for them. Making boxes for them myself might not be too hard in our shop lab. ;)
Wow!! Awesome room!!
Thanks!!
You did such an amazing job with this room! How did you hang the floating candles?
These are from Pottern Barn and I am linking them here. They came with the hardware to hang them and they're attached with fishing wire. A much cheaper alternative would be to just take fishing string (tied to the metal cross pieces of your ceiling) and hang dollar tree candles. www.potterybarn.com/products/harry-potter-floating-candle-string-lights/?catalogId=84&sku=4807743&cm_ven=PLA&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Pillows%20%26%20Decor%20%3E%20Candleholders®ion_id=772240&cm_ite=4807743&gclid=CjwKCAjwgb6IBhAREiwAgMYKRnhu82pFUK_fowzh-Av1W3r-EflN5kcuLdIKJxeWUatwRnwciXmikxoCb5gQAvD_BwE
So helpful and inspirational. I just accepted a new position yesterday so I’m excited to see my room and start setting up. Will be using quite a few if your ideas. Ive always had issues w things staying on block walls even if I hot glue them or command strip them though. Any suggestions? Also do you use a diffuser in class?
Hey! Watch my classroom setup video from the week before and I share how I get my stuff to stick! It works VERY well. :)
Wow! Yr room looks great!
Thank you!! 😊
A dream!
That is the cleanest classroom and organized one I have ever seen. I wish my classroom was like that. Where did you get the glow pencil light up item I saw by your mirrors?
Awww thank you! It's from IKEA online! :)
I loved it before I even saw it thoroughly 😁
Thank you!
Did you talk about the brown wood border around your white board?? Maybe I missed it
I don't think I did, but it was from Michael's two years ago. ❤
Thank you for showing a beautiful non cluttered classroom!
You are so welcome!
Love your classroom setup! What kind of lights are you using around white board?
They're a 60 foot strand of ferry lights (linked in my Amazon Storefront). You can find the link in the description of this video. :)
This is wonderful!
Thank you!
I lOVE YOUR CLASSROOM!
Thank you!
@@CookInTheClassroom your so welcome!!😉😉
Beautiful ❤
I love your classroom. I'm teaching physical science this year for 10th grade. What did you use to make the skylights?
They are cloud cover inserts from Amazon (linked in my amazon storefront) that I funded through a Donors Choose project.
@@CookInTheClassroom thank you I will check it out. I'm teaching RSP physical science. Do you have materials (TPT) for this type of class?
@@neannaf5190 It was my first year teaching physical science and I will only be teaching life and earth this year, so aside from my set of posters I only have resources for those. However, Kesler science and Sunrise science (both on TPT) have great physical science resources so check them out. ❤
@@CookInTheClassroom thank you so much for replying. I will check them out. Wishing you a happy start of the year. My students come back 8/15 😁
You did a great job. eagerly waiting for a lot more things to learn from you 🤩🤩🤩from India
Thank you so much 😀
What did you use for your letters and your floating shelf on the back wall? It says, "Science is like magic but real".
It's from Simply Stained (you can find them on IG, their website, or ETSY). :)
Love it! Looks amazing and so welcoming for the kids! Did you replace your lights on the ceiling with clouds?
No, these are inserts that go into the light box and the lights shine through the clouds so it dulls the brightness and makes it easier on the eyes.
@@CookInTheClassroom Can you order that online ?
@@denaorfanitopoulos6360 Yes they are linked in my Amazon Storefront. amzn.to/3zB5Xcd
Like the lights around the room. Where did you get them?
Amazon. They're saved to my storefront.
Nice!
Thanks!
What is the music at the beginning? I really like it!
My podcast intro.
Where is the color changing pencil light from?
It's from IKEA. :)
what happened to your bunnys and guinea pig? they were such a great part of your classroom :)
I still have them, but I get a lot of nasty messages on social media when I share them so I decided for now that I will keep them for me and my students because it's just too much to deal with.
Im about to teach my first year in 8th grade!
Good luck!
Could you please re-post the link for the posters.
@@dawnreedy7057 Here ya go! Life Science: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Life-Science-Topic-Posters-9-Posters-2-Versions-Included-7106060, Earth Science: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Science-Topic-Posters-9-Posters-2-Versions-Included-7106150, and Physical Science: www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Physical-Science-Topic-Posters-9-Posters-2-Versions-Included-8321519
What size are your new (Canva) posters?
I did the "Small" size which is 12 x 16 and fits in these 16x20 IKEA Ribba frames.
@@CookInTheClassroom Thanks!
As a science teachers where do you keep all the experimental equipment and resources? And how to you manage these during a lesson?
Great question! So this was a computer lab prior to being the gifted science room so it is not setup like a lab like my previous classrooms. The counter space where my posters are is going to be where I sit out lab supplies. Also, the tall cabinets have deep shelves where I have all of my lab equipment supplied. We have no sinks, but there are some next door and across the hall that we can use during labs. As teachers, we always have to find ways to make it work.
@@CookInTheClassroom thank you for your response. I’m actually a high school teacher in Australia 🇦🇺 where having one room all to myself is so foreign.... ps love the touches of 🇦🇺 in your classroom!
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Wow classroom... I just cannot understand the reason of using numbers instead of names of the learners...
Hey Ian, The reason is I teach seven class periods a day, meaning seven learners sit at that desk each day. During the first three months of school last year, we went virtual, hybrid, I had to space learners out six feet, then three, then we returned to in person. Seating charts change. It is very tedious and time consuming and as much as I would love every learners name on a desk it is not realistic. I call every learner by their name and know each student and have strong relationships. This is simply a seating chart.
@@CookInTheClassroom Oh... That's why... But, your classroom is such an inspiration... Thanks for sharing it to us... ❤️
Hi! I dont see to find you on Instagram? Did you change the name? I love following you getting some great ideas from you!
instagram.com/cook_in_the_classroom/