http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/disease/ This simulation would be great for whiteboards. I'll give it a try and let you know how it goes....
I taught physics and math for over thirty years - and oftentimes after class I’d take hours to settle down from the exhilaration one gets when you know...
Sounds like an interesting solution to the current budgetpolitics shortfall. In support of their furlough suggestion, our district of ~40k students estimates...
I did the Fizzie Virus activity with my students to talk about how quickly viruses can spread, and direct and indirect transmission. I showed the movie...
All closing the doors for a week will do is to extend our working time by a week. We are bound to 180 days in school. So, just like snow days, they would be...
I teach 6th grade so they are all very babyish. I actually created a slideshow of my baby when I was pregnant and put it in a powerpoint. I I told the kids...
Hello all, I think I read in this group that some of you use the layered curriculum, differentiated inst. model in there class, does anyone have an example of...
Wanted to share this with all of you and ask that you pass it along to other interested groups ... Tracy Trimpe -- Let the world be your classroom! Visit my...
In Texas, Gov. Perry has said days missed by flu school closures...will be waivered and do not need to be made up in the summer. This site has an audio from...
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Did you look at Kathie¹s site? There are a lot of examples there. http://www.help4teachers.com/samples2.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Loehman ...
I still have not heard, not have I been able to contact my admin. at my school. I know this student will be back from spending a week in Mexico on...
... Well here are excerpts from something from one district that I saw today ... I want to reiterate our position of not excluding ... students who may have...
Your school is probably taking precautions such as wiping down surfaces more regularly etc. I would simple have hand sanitizer available in the classroom...
Help! I have been trying to find a way to explain a difference between a carrier and a vector. I know that a carrier has the disease but does not show the...
Haven't finished reading the mail so I hope this has not been mentioned or not. The Sneeze found on United Streaming is a super 5 minute cartoon video clip...
... I think what you need to add here is a thrid category but I'm not sure of the vocab. A rabid raccoon, or a human infected with the flu virus, etc., is...
We have 2 confirmed cases of swine in our area now. Both of which were in contact with people that had traveled to Mexico. There is another confirmed case of...
Thank you- the third category is good- the definitions are really helpful. Thanks again ________________________________ From: Tom Rawson <rs88@...> To:...
Ok, I just need a place to vent and I know my fellow science guru's will understand. Our school was closed this afternoon for this week due to one student...
Help! I haven't had physical science in years. When making ice cream in a bag is the type of heat transfer conduction,convection or radiation?. Thanks, JSJ...
Hey Melissa (or any other fellow teacher out there) If you know the curriculum is changing for next year, is it your responsibility to make sure 'the students...
Our county created a "bridge" curriculum that covers those area that are new and asked us to "briefly" covered them. The bridge has 8 areas to cover. We...
OK, I thought I knew the correct information on this but it's not what I'm reading here. I thought a vector was anything that transports the disease, such as...
As a subscriber, I just got an email from BrainPop that they are providing a new, free video on swine flu. What's better is it can be embedded into a web...