Jun
22
W.O.W!
June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
site: Astronaut Photography
This is a really interesting site. What they’ve done is taken pictures from space missions and put them all together so you can get an up-close picture from space of almost any spot on Earth. I like this for just raw material…there is so much you can do with the images found here-from [...]
Jun
9
W.o.W!
June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
site: MBGnet
One of the main content areas I cover with my seventh graders has to do with biomes and the elements of different biomes. This little site from the Missouri Botanical Gardens provided some great resources for working with students in understanding the different features of different biomes. Background information, maps, plant & animal images [...]
Jun
3
Ahh…summer!
June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Whew! What a year! There were certainly ups and downs in my first year back after my Master’s and a lot of great learning experiences. I’m looking forward to the summer as a chance to implement all the things I learned through the school year-specifically I’ll be writing about here my ideas and hopes for [...]