These blogs are directly concerning my Science classes. These could be class news, announcements, or news for parents.
Sep 20
I started this year off pretty well. I had some activities for students to work on such as the Marshmallow Challenge on the first week of school so I wouldn’t be talking too much or going over our rules and procedures right from the start. For the last few years I’ve tried to talk less …
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Sep 07
Our first week was four days long because of Labor Day and we got off to a great start! I had been teaching all three 6th grade Science classes and two of the three 8th grade Science classes but this year I only have all three 6th grade Science classes plus a 6th grade exploratory …
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Aug 14
I will start off by saying that I have been having an enjoyable summer. Even after spraining both my ankles and being laid out (sprained one and healed it enough to go to the WA state Zombie Run where I sprained the other one on a night run – at least I made it through …
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Jun 05
The week of May 19th six of the ten middle school teachers from my school went to Camp David Jr with our 8th grade students for an Olympic Odyssey outdoor learning experience. It was a fantastic week! Part of our outdoor experience is some hiking. There are some incredibly beautiful places to hike in WA …
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Dec 18
I thought this was funny. Eighth graders are learning how to use microscopes to learn about cells. We started with some basic lessons on how to use the fine and coarse focus, field of view, and focal plane. Then students began their exploration of the microscopic view of living things by looking a elodea leaves. …
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Dec 09
I wanted to try out making an infographic while at the same time taking some of last year’s Speak Up Survey data and making it a little easier to use for our district tech committee. I used Piktochart and made the following infographic just using the teacher data. There is so much data and even …
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Oct 15
On September 24 we took a four hour bus drive from Chimacum, WA to Randle, WA with 65 excited 6th graders, 11 eager high school counselors and eight experienced staff. At Randle we took a turn into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Nestled in that grand expanse of nature lies a little camp. Cispus it’s …
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Jun 15
Yesterday, Friday the 14th, was our last day of school. It was a half day of fun for us at the middle school. We did start the day by giving out awards to the top academic kids but those were the only awards (besides honor roll and attendance) that we gave out all year! After …
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Mar 12
This isn’t Science or Edtech or Edreform but it’s darn cool! I just couldn’t pass it up. Created by HomeownersInsurance.com
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Feb 21
My 6th grade Verizon Innovative App Challenge team got best in state in WA for their EcoApp idea in the middle school category! This means that they get to pitch their app idea before judges, via Skype I think, for best in the nation! The middle and high school winning teams for best in the …
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