Category: Science

These are blogs about Science or about the Science we do in my classes.

NGSS Science Shifting

Originally posted on CORElaborate here (re-posted here in its entirety with the author’s – me – permission). Time for NGSS Shifts! I wrote a series of posts on the shifts in teaching called for in the Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) standards. Now itโ€™s time to look at the shifts called for by the …

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Setting Up Science Notebooks

Post originally published here. I can’t believe that we’re already at the end of our third week of the new school year! The first two weeks are a blur and I feel like we’re just starting to get into Science now! I didn’t want to talk too much the first week of school, which were …

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Chimacum Creek Summer 2016 Temp

After 14 years of collecting water quality data with my students on our neighborhood creek I finally have a way to get temperature over the summer to compare to the spring and winter! Thanks to the Olympic STEM Pathways Partnership (OSPP) work we’ve been doing I have temp sensors that I can put in the …

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Imagine, Inspire, Innovate! #waospp

Wednesday, July 20, the WA state Olympic STEM Pathways Partnership (OSPP) teacher leaders were able to attend an awesome event at the Galaxy Uptown Theater in Gig Harbor to review our first year of work, our second summer of training, and to look forward to our second year working with collaborating teachers in our schools! …

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6th Grader Writes About Our Own Deadly Lake

Chimacum, WA is home to a lovely lake that for a few months of the year, late spring and early summer, becomes toxic, deadly toxic! Some of my 6th graders researched our deadly lake and wrote about it. Here’s a great blog post written by one 6th grader about our deadly lake!

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2016/07/07/6th-grader-writes-about-our-own-deadly-lake/

6th Grade Ocean Pollution Public Service Announcement

This 6th grader wrote a nice piece for a water pollution Public Service Announcement (PSA) activity we did in class. Check out her blog post and see what you think!

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2016/07/06/6th-grade-ocean-pollution-public-service-announcement/

Temperature Data Portage Bay #waospp

Wednesday and Thursday, June 29 and 30, we got to revisit the work we started last summer with the Olympic STEM Pathways Partnership (OSPP) using sensors to collect temperature data with our students. Last year we used these Raspberry Pi-like computers called Odroids with a temperature sensor. They were clunky and difficult to work with …

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Rocketry for Newton’s Laws #waospp

Last year I joined the Olympic STEM Pathways Partnership (OSPP) and got to do some great work as part of that partnership working with some great professors and Math and Science educators from all over our region. So far this summer I’ve been in Seattle (about two hours from where I live in Chimacum, depending …

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Environmental Youth Summit

Nice article in the Kitsap Sun about the Environmental Youth Summit my 6th graders attended in early June. Pictured in the article is one of my students! ๐Ÿ™‚ Anything written about Chimacum or Chimacum Creek is what my 6th grader’s worked on! Check it out.

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2016/06/21/environmental-youth-summit/

6th Grade Blog Post about the Problem with Cows

Another post written by one of my 6th graders for our World Solutions Blog about The Problem with Cows. She did some great research and takes an environmental look at the impact of cows on our planet. Check out her post and leave her a comment if you get a chance!

Permanent link to this article: https://educatoral.com/wordpress/2016/06/08/6th-grade-blog-post-about-the-problem-with-cows/

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