Karen Coghlan
Ashfiled Middle School
MA

I found that a mix of both online and classroom set of textbooks work best. The online codes make it easier for students to look up material yet not have to lug or lose a book and the online site usually have interactive video, games, etc. However the textbook is definitly useful and needed in a classroom since sometime there is no internet access and then the interactive plan has to go out the ...

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Hi, I am just starting a unit on Atoms and Chemistry. My thought is to introduce atoms by using paper clips dividing 8 of them half until we cut a final one in half so it no longer has the properties of a paper clip (like an atom) I was then going to introduce the components of an atom using skittles - red are protons, green neutrons, and yellow are electrons. I photocopied handouts of and ...

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