Thu, Oct 20, 2011 3:18 PM in Invent an Alien activity
I enjoyed the alien activity. I think it is a great way to get students to think outside of the box. One of the requirements was to make the alien represent our assigned planet but this was much more difficult than I had anticipated. However, when I thought about making it into a story, the ideas started flowing. The only thing that I didn't really like about the project was the directions. The di...
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Thu, Oct 20, 2011 3:07 PM in Tree Observations
I think that the tree observation is a great activity for upper elementary students. The observation requires several entries per week which can be time consuming so I think for the lower elementary school ages, this activity would be better as a class activity once or twice a week when the students can go outside and look at a tree together. This will help get the students more involved with part...
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Sun, Oct 09, 2011 9:35 AM in Using Online Textbooks in Schools
I was reading an article titled "Online textbooks moving into Washington area schools", from The Washington Post talking about how more and more schools in the Washington area are considering adopting online textbooks. Several schools have already transitioned to using online textbooks for Social Studies. Other counties in the area are waiting for the cost to go down while others are simply disc...
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