Trevor Muir's Epic Classroom Blog

On Teachers Returning to School

By Trevor Muir / August 7, 2020 / Comments Off

Cowardice and laziness have nothing to do with it.

Teachers Don’t Have to Be Superheroes

By Trevor Muir / July 2, 2020 / Comments Off

Teachers shouldn’t be expected to ‘save’ their students.

Teaching is Tiring (And Worth it)

By Trevor Muir / June 17, 2020 / Comments Off

The work of a teacher is exhausting, and the work of a teacher is more rewarding than most will ever know.

Why Teachers Need to Have Difficult Conversations About Race With Their Students

By Trevor Muir / June 1, 2020 / Comments Off

Anger and fear don’t go away just because we ignore it.

Note-Taking Methods We Need to Teach Our Students

By Trevor Muir / May 19, 2020 / Comments Off

Note-taking isn’t just for review later on. It’s for enhancing the learning in the present.

It’s Okay if Your Class is Sometimes Boring

By Trevor Muir / April 21, 2020 / Comments Off

Students can be bored and still be engaged.

School IS NOT Canceled

By Trevor Muir / April 20, 2020 / Comments Off

The Coronavirus cannot stop teachers and it cannot stop school.

Why Community Partners Need to be a Part of Your Classroom

By Trevor Muir / April 17, 2020 / Comments Off

I once had a dream to build an aquaponics garden in a greenhouse attached to my classroom. Aquaponics is a form of gardening that combines raising fish in tanks with traditional gardening. In aquaponics, the nutrient-rich water (fish poop) from raising fish provides a natural fertilizer for the plants in the garden, which then help…