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Entries from March 16th, 2009

From the Greek- “around” “measure”

March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Classroom, Working with photographs

Perimeter: the distance around a closed shape.  Melissa Ciamps’s 8th grade students put this definition into action in the Middle School Blue Room and Cafeteria.  Watch this photopeach to see their story.  Once they completed the math, the students decorated the rooms (they knew how much grass they needed from their calculations.)   Spring Perimeter [...]

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Who do I thank for the washing machine?

March 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Classroom, Working with photographs

I think most folks can tell you who invented the iPod and the steam engine.  But what about the washing machine, football helmet, or ball point pen?  Jen Mc Gough’s 7th and 8th grade TAG students have the answer.  Admire their clay figures done in homage to significant inventors and their inventions! They are using photopeach [...]

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Oh, you must have been a beautiful baby…

March 16th, 2009 · No Comments · animoto

Doreen Consulmagno (Middle School) added the  animoto twist to the traditional bulliten board of baby pictures.   How many do you know?  How could you use this application with your students?

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