Well it has begun LipDub voting. We finally completed our LipDub entry before Easter Break. Here it is: fox50.com | Raleigh Durham Fayetteville | Videos. Students did a great job setting everything up, the route, song etc. According to the rules Teachers can be in it, however they can’t be the one’s taping it. With [...]
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Wind Map
April 4th, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Wind Map. This is definitely a great site for meteorology. The map shows the direction of the winds and how they flow. It would be a great assignment for students to use the map and draw wind speed for the area of your choice. Students could use a local map and weather stations to help [...]
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NASA—Earth Month 2013
April 2nd, 2013 · No Comments · Uncategorized
NASA – Earth Month 2013. Way to start April “Earth Month”. Each picture has a brief description. Might be a nice assignment for students to do in class. Have groups choose one image and research that topic. Then present on Whiteboards and have a “board meeting” with the whole class. Yep sounds like an idea!
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Space Academy Day Three
June 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By day three I think my head is going to explode with all the information I can take back to the classroom. We started the day taking a team picture with our flight suits on. Can’t wait to see that. Then we started to do the Astronaut simulations, this is where the fun began. [...]
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Reaching Out
March 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Recently I have begun to understand the importance of “reaching out” to parents and students about STEM activities. I had decided to start a “little” newsletter each month, hopefully each month. I sent the newsletter to all my parents and students. When I mean “little”, I mean brief articles and notification about STEM events. Well.. [...]
Hands-On Digital!! Making Science Come Alive in A Digital World
March 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I attended this conference on Saturday at the Friday Institute on NC State Campus . It was a great day for learning new strategies and learning about the future of textbooks. Discovery introduced some of the the features that are included with Science Techbooks. The first presentation was given by Lance Rougeux, his talk centered [...]
Wrapping Up
November 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
We finally finished our video projects in Earth Science and they went pretty good. We used the Earth Week DVD that was included in the Earth Week Kit. The DVD was produced by AGI(American Geological Institute). You can find the Big Ideas (Earth Science Literacy Principles) on You Tube. There are some pitfalls I [...]
Meteor Shower
October 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Check out the Meteor Shower early in the Morning on October 21st. Not only will there be a Meteor Shower but Mars, the Moon and Regulus will be in a celestial triangle. Check out the web page http://1.usa.gov/rdvg5Q for more information.
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Weekend
October 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Saturday was a day reserved for the two guest speakers, Susan Tolley and Dr. Adolph Brown III. Susan Tolley gave us 5 important points to improve our relationship with our students. 1- Smile- at everyone “Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of Love” Mother Teresa [...]
Teaching Conference/Notre Dame
October 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I would first like to thank the Notre Dame Club of Eastern North Carolina, for selecting me to attend this conference. Today was the tour of the Notre Dame Campus and it was amazing. No words can describe the architectural features and tradition that surrounds the campus. Our first stop was the Grotto of [...]
