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 [...]
May
3
W.o.W!
May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
site: Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary
Yes, I have been busy collecting lots more great sites, which I’ll be sharing through the rest of the spring and into the summer. The site this week is a great reference and resource for teaching students about tides. Living in Arizona most of my students have very little experience with [...]
Sep
7
W.o.W!
September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Site: Earth & Sky: A Clear Voice for Science
I promise I’ll move on to some non-science sites in the coming weeks, but as I try and build things for this year I’ve just got a bunch of science resources that are really, really cool. This week’s site is Earth/Sky Kids, a site for current, science [...]
Aug
4
Blogging With 100’s
August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Ok, now that I’ve got the job comes the real work. One of the things I’m trying to sort out right now is just how to set up blogging (which I want my students doing) for over a 100 students-actually about 150. I want them blogging about the investigations we do in class [...]
