2020 has by far been the best year of my career. Hands down. The global pandemic has seriously put a damper on a lot of things, and I w...

“Punk rock changed our lives,” is the opening line to Sublime’s 40oz. To Freedom Album and I couldn’t agree more. The Punk Rock Classroom...

I found out that I would be teaching SBI3U for the first time in the first quadmester about a week before it started. I taught the cours...

I did a fetal pig dissection with my grade 11 biology class today and it was awesome! And the best part was it was not for marks. The s...

I was driving into school this morning with a half-assed plan about what I wanted to do with my classes today. I was listening to the la...

I love flying. But I'm not a pilot. However, one of my best friends is! I remember getting the opportunity to get into the back seat of...

Life is crazy, man. Especially these days! This week has been an especially tough one as far as finding motivation goes. Imagine how m...

An open letter to the Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, I am writing to you to share my concerns about your statement about synchrono...

It's Friday night and I’m lying in bed with my three year old daughter, cuddling her until she falls asleep. One of the hardest parts of...

So our school board and the Ministry of Education (Ontario) has told us, and students, that marks can not go down from the mark that stud...

What a time to be alive! We're on day 33 or 34 (I don't even know anymore) of this social distancing/quarantine/self isolation era and i...

As a teacher, it's my goal to lead my students to water. I can't make them drink, but I can bring them there. And on our journey to the...

The Grade Nine Physics (Electricity) Unit is going to be based on a book/movie called The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. It is a true story...

On November 20th, I posted a video on my Instagram account (@TheStoppelsShow) that was a brief introduction to this blog post. I've been...

Seriously. Why does it always have to be about academics? School is obviously a place where students come to learn, but why does it alw...

I don't want to say I made a mistake, but I may have made a mistake. I'm writing this post because one day, someone who is just starting ...

Last week, I was at a meeting for the Professional Learning Team (PLT) which I am a part of at school. There were actually two PLTs at t...

I'm glad we're having this conversation! I found the article below interesting regarding the success of Project Based Learning. While I...

From 2012 to 2018 I taught in a Community Living Class (also known as a Developmental Disabilities Program) at Hillcrest High School (in ...