Aww, I think the kids will have fun with it. It's like telling a joke in the first person: "So I was on this airplane..." It's not a lie... it's a joke!!! I...
You could always discuss Newton's Third Law with Baseball and that would bring in action/reaction as well as momentum. When you swing a bat from one direction...
I have found it easier (on me!) if the kids correct most of their work. I just have them keep their papers with their notes when they're done and it gives them...
I have a set of red pens that the students must use during homework check. They each correct their own papers and I require that they write the correct ...
John, while I admit I laughed at the whole March 32 idea...I am SO with you.....That is my one cardinal rule...NEVER lie to my kids....They know if I say...
This is just a quick little review of the periodic table. I have a blank bingo sheet with 25 squares. I read descriptions to the students and let them choose...
Thanks everyone. I spoke of Newtons Three in conjunction with the Magnus Force. Which is basically Bernoullis couples with a rotating sphere to allow for...
Bozzuto, David
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Apr 1, 2005 4:19 pm
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i agree Liza. I went on an excursion yesterday with my year ten marine studies kids to get their snorkelling certificates... the teacher told us all that we...
Margaret Skeel
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Apr 1, 2005 8:50 pm
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There's a BIG difference between a lie and a joke. Lighten up - the ivory towers are tall enough already! John, you were kidding, right? Like April fool's -...
I told my kids about the levee cows, Our school is about two and a half
miles from the Mississippi River. I told them that the cows legs on one side
is longer...
I have my students write up disease reports and create a poster aabout their disease! I would love to see your list. Do you have a rubric to go along with? I...
Jamie, I have a moon observation project if you are interested. Students had to observe the moon every night, draw a picture of what the moon looked like, note...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the middleschoolscience group. File :...
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Apr 2, 2005 12:47 am
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the middleschoolscience group. File :...
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Apr 2, 2005 12:48 am
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I have posted the disease research project and my disease list to the Files Section in a folder called "Human Disease." I created the Disease list and found...
This is so interesting to do.... Most people have no idea of the movement and phases of the moon in relation to the earth. The hard part is getting students...
So Vickie. How did the school wide April Fool's joke go?? I love joking around with my students and I agree with some of the others...this is a joke with no...
Wow! Didn't realize what I would start. Our school wide prank went great. One of the teachers put together a webpage on the metric year. Believe it or not...
i find this sooooo annoying... im a member of the group but when i try to put in my yahoo id to look at this new file, yahoo tells me my password is invalid...
Margaret Skeel
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Apr 2, 2005 5:58 am
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FYI. NASA's Center for Distance Learning <oed-listmanager@...> wrote:Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:07:48 -0500 To: (NASA's Center for Distance Learning...
This is the same system that I use. Due to the many different color pens or pencils being used, I have found that they have to check in red. It also shows...
A while back I remember coming across an activity either here or elsewhere on the internet in which you are able to "extract" strands of DNA from split peas...
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/activities/extraction/ Try this one..
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Hi, Its one of the things I don't like about the service, but its free.... The yahoo group service wants you to have a yahoo email address to access the group...
I have never found anything that makes more DNA in a classroom lab than bananas. If they are ripe you don't need a blender. I use banans, woolite, ziplock ...
I tried to convince the other seventh grade teachers, they didn't find it amusing enough. A seventh grade teacher wanted to play a worse prank. Some kids...
M/T Castaneda
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Apr 2, 2005 8:54 pm
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Sally, The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago has this as a lab. I believe you could go to the website and look up lab activities and find this...