Sun, Jan 12, 2014 3:17 AM in Formative Assessment in Life Science
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Your post asks about use of the life science probes and although I don't teach life science, I use numerous earth and physical science probes in class and LOVE them! I've presented to my school board the tremendous value in using the probes and am happy to report that our district has now purchased multiple sets for use at the elementary and middle school levels. One of my colleagues ca...
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Mon, Nov 25, 2013 1:10 PM in Math in the middle school science classroom
I am in the same spot as Lynnea using math for density and acceleration calculations as well as graphing. For my 6th grade classes, we bring in a lot of ratios and equivalent fractions for various lessons. I've been trying to get our math and science departments to work together using data collected in lab or continuation of graph analysis between the classes but I'm not having much luck. Does ...
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Mon, Aug 12, 2013 1:02 PM in Does Anyone Have a Good Science Icebreaker Ideas?
My team building activity to start the year is to have my Earth Science students (working in groups of 4) build the tallest, sturdiest straw structure they can in 20 minutes. I'll test them on our shaker table at the end (also introduces a peek at our content for the year). My Physical Science students will given the task to build a paper roller coaster containing a turn, a full loop, and a 7-in...
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