• Nov162009

    POSTED AT 12:14 PM

     
    As you view this video, please record on your record sheet new facts, questions you have, and key terms that are presented. We will compare the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches.


    Nov052009

    POSTED AT 10:07 AM

    Listed below are 8 inventors/discoverers of electricity. Please select one inventor and use Galileo or the Science Book website to find the following answers. Report your answers in your post.

     

    1. Who are you studying?
    2. What was his/her date of birth?
    3. What did he/she discover/invent? (Be specific, give details)
    4. How was it discovered or invented?
    5. What impact did the discovery/invention have on current day electricity?
    6. What other interesting information do you have to share about this person?

     

    Otis Boykin

    Marie Curie

    Thomas Edison

    Michael Faraday

    Lewis Howard Latimer

    Samuel F. B. Morse

    James Watt

    Granville Wood


    Oct302009

    POSTED AT 11:38 AM

    Today you are using search sites to find information on electricity. You are looking for:
    • Inventors/discoverers of electricity and magnetism
    • A time line of electricity
    • Definitions of: electricity, magnetism, static electricity
    • The connection between electricity and magnetism.
    • How is electricity used?
    Please post your findings here.

    Oct292009

    POSTED AT 11:30 AM

    When doing research, how do you find the information that you are looking for?
    If the information does not come up automatically what do you do? 


    Oct222009

    POSTED AT 07:17 AM

    What websites do you use when  you are at home?
    Do you have friends online who you talk with?
    Are your friends people you know or are they cyber pals?

    Oct212009

    POSTED AT 08:15 AM

    What do you think a blog is? How do you think we should use a blog at school?
     
    (Hint Hint: This is a blog!)


    Oct152009

    POSTED AT 07:37 AM

    What websites do you use when  you are at home? Do you have cyber pals, friends online? Do you chat with others?

    Oct142009

    POSTED AT 12:10 PM

    Name 3 ways you are able to narrow down search.

    Oct082009

    POSTED AT 12:13 PM

    Welcome to our brainstorming session on blogging. I am excited to see teachers at our school beginning to use blogs to enhance curriculum and instruction. I am attaching a few links for you to explore. Once you have spent some time looking at these links, please submit a comment describing ways you would like to/ are planning on using a blog in your classroom. This will provide a jumping off point for our discussion.
     
    Thanks!!
     
     
    Blogs for Classrooms- a question and answer format about blogging in your classroom.
     
    Ethics and Blogs- Should we or shouldn't we blog at school
     
    Education World- Great ideas for elementary classrooms
     
    5 Do's and Don'ts of Blogging- Just as the name says- 5 key points to ponder while implimenting blogging in your classroom.
     

    Oct012009

    POSTED AT 07:50 AM

    What is a blog? How do I use a blog? Please respond by telling me what you think a blog is and how you think we use blogs at school.
     
    Thanks!!