Wordle is an inventive graphic organizer. The more times a word appears, the larger it will be. As I mentioned in an earlier post, you can create a variety of word clouds (just remember that the gallery is public- I would have the students copy and paste their work to paint or another tool). Can you guess [...]
Entries from September 15th, 2009
How are you smart?
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments · 21st Century Skills, Content- Cross Discipline
Are you kinesthetic? musical? How about spatial or linguistic? Or like my math peers – maybe logical –mathematical? Howard Gardner developed Multiple Intelligences- or as I would tell my fifth graders- the many ways to be smart. Here is a survey that will help learners determine their strengths and weaknesses. This site does require you [...]
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Happy Birthday!
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Science
From my years of teaching science, I always knew my weight (not my mass) varied based on the gravitation forces of each planet (which if why I would really liked to weighted on the moon). But here’s a site that will calculate your age on other planets. Want to be older? Select a planet closer [...]
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