Here are two sites from the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Destination Modern Art is geared to a younger audience (ages 5-8) and follows a charming space alien as she explores and interacts with the artworks in the museum. Art Safari involves a set of animal themed works followed by a series of writing [...]
Entries from October 16th, 2009
MoMA at the zoo and in space
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Content- Cross Discipline, Content-Art
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Vote for Tommy James!
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts, Video/movies
While the election season is in full swing, Demetri (from Jason Brown’s English class) created this Xtranormal. Jason outlined the class assignment: “As part of a unit on persuasive writing, the students developed political parties based on ideas about the class that they would like addressed. Each party had to agree on the issues, establish reasons [...]
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Stack more Oreos please
October 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Content- Cross Discipline, Voicethread
April Magistro’s first grade class invited me to their OREO stacking research. Watch for me in their Voicethread. I will not share my results (next year I might have to practice). This Jen Wagner project reinforced several math concepts- and as you will see (and hear) in the Voicethread, created an exciting learning environment.
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What caused the deaths of these explorers?
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Science, Content- Cross Discipline
Go to Access Excellence- Mystery Spot and crack the mystery. Become the scientists and scrutinize the clues. This site houses over a dozen mysteries (including teacher created work) related to health, biology and life science.Consider the possibilities- your students could work independently, prepare it as reader’s theater or create their own play! They could present their [...]
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