Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Today we had a discussion in class about digital citizenship. We will be using wikis in the classroom and I want the students to be sure that they understand their responsibilities as members of a global community. We are trying to make a positive contribution and so need to be aware of issues of respect, responsibility [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2009 No Comments »
This week we are working on learning metric measurement. Why does it matter how we measure? Well, it wasn’t until someone began making very precise measurements that scientists learned about the conservation of mass in a chemical reaction. Antoine Lavoisier was able to measure the oxygen gas produced in Joseph Priestly’s famous experiment and revealed [...]
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 School/Work, Science, Technology, Uncategorized on Dec 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
A student is making a podcast while her group performs a lab experiment.
Our podcasts are up an running! Here are some things I have learned. Windows media files need to be converted before they can be uploaded to the server but there are free online tools to solve that problem. Movies have to be small [...]
Posted in School/Work, Science, Technology, Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2008 3 Comments »
Are you an independent, self-directed learner? That is one of the goals for my students this year. And I was so impressed last week to see that many of the students in my science and math classes are stepping up to this challenge.
Here is one example that was really amazing. During my prep period I was working on getting [...]
Posted in Science, Uncategorized on Nov 17th, 2008 No Comments »
So many people have misconceptions when it comes to science! In our class this week we explored a question that most people would think was common sense. What happens to the temperature if you fan a thermometer. Armed with our trusty lab notebooks and the scientific method we explored the question. I think most students [...]
Posted in School/Work, Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2008 4 Comments »
I read a lecture today that had these words at the end.
“Attention IS our scarcest and most valuable resource. What we do with our attention defines us.”
The speaker said that our attention is valuable. Every day we make decisions about who and what we will spend our attention on. But are we paying attention to the important things like connecting [...]
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 [...]
