Posted in Creativity, Science, Technology, Uncategorized on May 12th, 2009 No Comments »
The lab this week was a real team effort. Period 1 class introduced us to the “crime”, period 2 began making observations, and period 3 recorded a heating curve of the “mystery drink” that sent poor Cody (only acting) to the hospital! Today, period 1 identified the poison as Isopropyl Alcohol, period 2 used fractional [...]
Posted in Creativity, Mathematics on Feb 21st, 2009 1 Comment »
y savvy students feel right at home with Algebra. They love Algebra so much that they started emailing me pictures from home that showed the concept of linear equations in their stair cases, a decorative plate, a tire iron, and even in a mounted deer.
Ok, in actuality the students were taking part in a photo contest. Their [...]
Posted in Creativity, Science on Feb 11th, 2009 2 Comments »
he energy projects are in and wow…I have to say I’m impressed. Everyone thought my ban on all premade graphics was too extreme but Team 8 Blue came through with the most amazing homemade graphics I’ve ever seen! I hope you can visit our wiki and view some of these projects. Such a great assortment! Now…I [...]
Posted in Creativity, School/Work, Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
What things should be on the test? I just watched a funny video that made fun of all the testing we do in schools. Why do we have to take tests anyway? I guess that schools test because students need to be held accountable for their learning. Here’s how I really know if students are [...]
Posted in Creativity, Science on May 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
I couldn’t believe it when I read the t-shirt from TSA that said “Just Imagine It!” Imagination has been a topic that I have been contemplating for the past month or so. Sometimes when I’m trying to figure something out, messages come to me from unlikely places like a t-shirt!
I also got the message from [...]
Posted in Creativity, School/Work on Apr 22nd, 2008 3 Comments »
This is a picture of Cecil, a garter snake that is living under a plant in my garden. Isn’t he cute?
I’ve been reading a lot lately about the concept that many of the skills students need to be successful adults are actually developed when we are children. Playing make-believe, building with legos, blocks and construction [...]
Posted in Creativity, School/Work, Student Stories on Apr 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Scientists learned about atoms through indirect observation. We studied objects hidden under boxes by rolling a marble and observing the path it took. It wasn’t as easy as it sounds!
I have been watching Josh work on his TSA project for the past few days. When testing was finished, he got out his paper and worked on [...]
Posted in Creativity, School/Work on Mar 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
Jessa in period 4 Science created this diagram for her energy project rather than copying a picture from another website. I applaud her creativity and self reliance!
The word “risk” came up twice today. In math class we said that exponents have more rules than Risk – the game of world domination. And then in science [...]
