Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
Sunday, April 15th, 2007
My last post was about geocaching - what it is and some of the fun I've had doing it.
A relevant question comes up when educators discuss geocaching: So what does all this have to do with education? How can this be used in (or out of) the classroom?
I've tried to ...
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Sunday, April 15th, 2007
It's official - I'm a geocacher!
I've been doing a lot of geocaching this Easter break. For those of you who don't know what geocaching is, here are some links I've assembled: http://del.icio.us/wark/geocaching
Basically, geocaching is a big treasure-hunting game that people with GPS devices play with each other. A cache is ...
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Sunday, April 1st, 2007
Recently, we heard what sounded like very strange thunder during a rainstorm.
It didn't sound like ordinary thunder because it was so rhythmic. After reading this article and hearing this story on NPR, I discovered several things:
It wasn't thunder. It was a "hail cannon".
The "peals" likely were about 4 seconds apart.
The ...
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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Earlier this school year, I was able to take my 6th graders to Scicon, an outdoor school near Springville. It was a marvelous experience! One of the favorite parts of the year for both students and teachers.
The other two teachers and I had a few minutes' break one day, and ...
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
I don't know how much cross-posting I should be doing, but I had to share this with this audience, not just my students & parents.
In my class, we've been talking about the layers of the earth, leading up to the concepts of plate tectonics. One of my students did a ...
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Sunday, August 27th, 2006
As I was preparing to write a post on this topic, I thought for a moment about what would be the best destination for my thoughts. Should I put it on my classroom blog, with my students and their parents as the primary audience? Should I put it on "Teach ...
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Saturday, May 13th, 2006
This week was a real adventure! I went with my class to SciCon, kind of a 6th grade science camp. Its official name is The Clemmie Gil School of Science and Conservation, and it began through the Tulare County Office of Education.
This group of people up here are incredible! They ...
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