Seeing the launch of Atlantis during the STS-132 mission last May has perhaps made me even more fanatically passionate about sharing my love of space with my students. So when Discovery was set to launch last November for the STS-133 mission, I shared with my students all about it. Of course, there were several delays… Continue reading Sharing Space
Category: Students
How do I engage students in commenting on the class blog?
Challenge 3 for the Student Blogging activity hosted supported by Edublogs is all about comments. While taking part in the 30 days to kick start your blog challenge, and as I continue to write here, I have realized how important comments and conversation is. However, on our class web site, students do not comment that… Continue reading How do I engage students in commenting on the class blog?
Blog Rules and Parent Info
Well, challenge 2 for the 30 Days to Get Your Students Blogging Teacher Blogging Challenge involves sharing information about blogging guidelines that we use with students. Although I do share guidelines verbally in class with students, I realized that I have not actually put them in writing! Since my students will be participating in the… Continue reading Blog Rules and Parent Info
Using systems of equations to find the optimum room arrangement
I recently read Malyn’s post: Why teach simultaneous equations? The point of her post is more about discovering the purpose for teaching a specific topic and its importance in a student’s life. After I read her post, the first thing I did was Google simultaneous equations. I had a gut feeling she was talking about… Continue reading Using systems of equations to find the optimum room arrangement
Cotton Ball Clouds
We are continuing our study of meteorology, and my student teacher did an activity with our students that I picked up at an NSTA area conference a couple of years ago. I think it’s a great way to help students visualize how much water a cloud really can hold. Of course, clouds aren’t really made… Continue reading Cotton Ball Clouds
Air Pressure Demonstration
On Tuesday, we attempted to do the air pressure can crush demo in my first period class. It didn’t work. Sometimes in the lab, things just don’t work as planned. I think what happened is there was not enough water vapor in the can before I turned it over in the water. My student teacher… Continue reading Air Pressure Demonstration
Is an Apple iPad in my future?
One of the blogs I follow is the Get Schooled blog written by Maureen Downey for the AJC. Today, an entry caught my eye: An Apple for the teacher and every student? It shares information about the State of Georgia considering a partnership with Apple to put an iPad in the hands of middles school… Continue reading Is an Apple iPad in my future?