This resource was posted on my library list, LM_NET. The site appears to be well-produced and potentially useful. http://www.bioedonline.org "BioEd Online was...
I had about 20% of my kids fail for the 1st 9 weeks due to not turning in work. Even labs we did in large part together in class don't get turned in partially...
We are not allowed to mark down for late or incomplete work. We work according to standards--exceeding, meeting, approaching, falling below, falling far...
I have the same problem, and this year especially. I have never seen such lack of work. So, I decided that every Friday at the end of each class I would...
We've had real issues with homework and other issues, so we employed a Lunch Workshop. I have attached to form. it is similar tot he ZAP program someone else...
** Low Priority ** The past few years I've implemented an "incentive chart" and each day that a student has the incentive (homework, colored pencils,...
I will also be attending NSTA in Anaheim. What's the name of your workshop? I would definitely like to attend. Although I am not presenting a workshop, we are...
Hi Sorry to bother the whole group with this issue, but I cannot seem to get a response about my registration. I can't sign in to the website to view the ...
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My workshop is entitled "Taming the Vocabulary Beast". Saturday 11-12. Hope to see you there. V ... From: Kristy Love<mailto:klove90@...> To:...
Let me know when you figure it out as I do not know how to look at old files....
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I have two ways to combat this, but believe me some years are worse than others and some kids just won't do any work no matter what you do. First, I give my...
I have an optional contract that parents and students sign at the start of the year and any missing/incomplete work is made up after school. I thought this...
Sorry to bother the whole group with this issue, but I cannot seem to get a
response about my registration. I can't sign in to the website to view the
files....
It amazes me that some schools actually forbid giving zeroes! If a student doesn't do the work, how can giving anything else be justified? How does this ...
Here's one that I modified. I am about to do it again and add "absent" as one of the choices. ========== Deborah Mansour Richmond, VA www.mansourscience.com ...
Hi Does anyone have any good ideas for diffusion and osmosis? Besides labs, such as notes or power points? Thanks, lina ________________________________ From:...
Of course, just spraying some perfume in a corner allows students to experience diffusion. (and pardon me, but when someone farts in class, it is REALLY a good...
Make yourself a hero and pass these on to your LA friends! ... Actual Analogies and Metaphors Found in High School Essays 1. Her face was a perfect oval, like...
OK. I need advice, fast! This morning at our staff meeting (we get there at 7:30 instead of the usual 8:30) I smelled alcohol on a teacher's breath at around...
Debbie, I would say something. At worst, you've made a terrible mistake, at best you've just helped/saved the kids from an accident waiting to happen. If...
Do you have another close friend/teacher whom you can confide in and ask about this? Maybe there is something you do not know about this person, but still...
Report it! Whether it be anynonmous or not, your obligation is to the safety of the children. If your administration finds out you had any idea, you could...
CYA!!! Tell an administrator immediately. It is the administrator's duty to keep his sources confidential. No one needs to know you were the one who spoke...
I always do the phase change of water. Slowly melt ice to liquid to vapor and take a temperature reading every 30 seconds. Then, graph the data and you get a...