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Mar 03

Lab Saved!

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Class News
March 3, 2011

Last week our 8th grade Bacteria Labs went all wrong. Student teams went all around the school swabbing different places to see where they would find the most bacteria. What happened was something I didn’t expect, not one single petri dish showed any growth. No bacteria, no mold, nothing. We discussed possible sources of error …

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Feb 25

Quick Inquiry Field Trip

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
February 25, 2011

A colleague of mine, Kit Pennell, gave me a great idea. I am teaching two 8th grade life science classes and I’ve been looking for opportunities to get my students to generate questions they are interested in learning about. Luckily we have a nice park within walking distance of the school and it even has …

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Jan 28

Whiteboarding in Science

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
January 28, 2011

Even after almost convincing my 8th graders that air had no mass I still moved them forward and hope that they remember all the different gasses that make up our air and how each gas has an atomic weight, which would lead to the reasonable connection that air does have mass. It is, after all, …