Thu, Jun 26, 2014 7:50 PM in FACTS: Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques - Let's Share!
In the science objects you will get some nice, quick formative assessment questions. Look at the various assessments , formative and sumative.
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Thu, Jun 19, 2014 4:40 PM in Science Current Events -- Part 2 -- June 18, 2014
Speaking of current events in space, check out this site. It is about tracking a meteor with a space craft. That should get your fourth gradrs excited about space.
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/rosetta-spac...met-67pc-g
For details about the manoeuvres required...
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/
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Thu, Jun 19, 2014 3:07 PM in Animals in the classroom?
I too have a few animals in my classroom. I only teach 3rd-5th grades. The students take turns caring for the pets. They observe the changes in the animals' behavior. They have named name them etc. I have the classic 3 turtles, and a male and female betta. We watched as the male betta built his "nest" to house the eggs. This correlates exactly witih our standards for third and fourth grade (ha...
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