Identifying Similarities and Differences
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Representing similarities and differences in graphic or symbolic form enhances students’ understanding of and ability to use knowledge.
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Summer is here!!! This month's highlights: Using a flip camera in your classroom by Marzano Learn neat things about the Summer Solstice! Summer Solstice is June 21 Online games that you might use on the first few days of school this fall Learn how sunglasses are made!!!! Read below for all of this month's neat lessons |
Do you think it is hot???
Well, the hottest known planet in the Milky Way galaxy may also
be its shortest-lived world. The doomed planet is being eaten by
its parent star, according to observations made by a new
instrument on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
The planet, called WASP-12b, is so close to its sunlike star
that it is superheated to nearly 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit and
stretched into a football shape by enormous tidal forces.
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to learn more! |
Lessons / Information from TeachSpace:
Astronomy Night - On Saturday, June 5, there will be a star viewing get together start at late dusk for about an hour at the Hands on Science Center in Tullahoma. You should try to attend if you live close by! They are always fun and free!!!! As always, learn more about the Hands on Science Center at www.hosc.org
Summer Solstice is June 21 -
The seasons of the year are caused by the 23.5° tilt of the earth's axis. Because the earth is rotating like a top or gyroscope, the North Pole points in a fixed direction continuously -- towards a point in space near the North Star. But the earth is also revolving around the sun. During half of the year, the southern hemisphere is more exposed to the sun than is the northern hemisphere. During the rest of the year, the reverse is true. At noontime in the Northern Hemisphere the sun appears high in the sky during summertime, and low during winter. The time of the year when the sun reaches its maximum elevation occurs on the summer solstice -- the day with the greatest number of daylight hours. It typically occurs on, or within a day or two of, JUN-21 -- the first day of summer. The lowest elevation occurs about DEC-21 and is the winter solstice -- the first day of winter, when the night time hours reach their maximum.
There are many ancient rituals that are tied to the summer solstices - here are a few interesting facts below:
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Ancient Pagans celebrated Midsummer with bonfires, when couples would leap through the flames, believing their crops would grow as high as the couples were able to jump.
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Pagans called the Midsummer moon the "Honey Moon" for the mead made from fermented honey that was part of wedding ceremonies performed at the Summer Solstice.
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The first (or only) full moon in June is called the Honey Moon. Tradition holds that this is the best time to harvest honey from the hives.
How would you like some free science picture vocabulary cards? Well, here is a set that you can download free from the State Department of Education in FL. Here you will find more than 80 common science terms. These cards are also available in Spanish. To go and download a free set, click here.
Do you have a flip camera? We know that a lot of you do, for we have conducted training to 100's of teachers this school year on how to use them. If you have one and are trying to think of ways to use it, here are some ideas for your classroom.
Summarizing and Note Taking
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Ask students to summarize a topic via video using your Flip camera.
Cooperative Learning
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Use images/video to applaud group successes and efforts.
Generating and Testing Hypotheses
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Ask students to form hypotheses based on video taken with your Flip camera. Then ask students to clearly explain their hypotheses and conclusions.
Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
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Use images/video taken with your Flip camera as cues and advance organizers.
To learn more ideas from Dr. R. J. Marzano, follow this link!
Science and Sunglasses! Just in time for summer!!!! More than 150 years ago, Carl Zeiss began producing some of the first microscopes designed around solid optical theory rather than trial and error. This is a link to a movie that is designed for middle school kids to take a tour of the facility and to watch the science and manufacturing of lenses for high end sports sunglasses. Click here to see more
Looking for things to have those students do on the first few days of class this fall? Here is a web site that is for those grades K-4 called Primary Games. It has games in all subject areas. If you are looking to get those students online in a lab or your classroom, this might be a good place to visit! www.primarygames.com
Have you been teaching that the moon is a dry place with no water - if so - you are now in error! Now we are not talking about lakes or rivers - but at both poles, they find water everywhere. This is really great, due to the fact that it might make living on the moon easier! So this might be the find that changes the way we look at going back to the moon. If you would like to read more about this, click on this link for more information.
Do you Blabber? It is SO much fun!!!! I don't hardly know how to describe this!! You will love it!!! It is very easy to use and it is a lot like a Voki! If you go to there web site, they do a demo. I think you will really like it and the demo will put a smile on your face. Go to their web site at www.blabberize.com
MTSU has now archived more of our TV shows - When you go to the link below, you will have to select Science as the area that you would to search and then two of our TV shows will be the first listed. More of them will be listed in the list of science shows. You will have to complete a short form with your name and school before the TV will start. Enjoy!! http://itsc3.fsa.mtsu.edu/itsc/livewebcast/webcast_selection.aspx
Teacher Tube!!!! What a great place! Would you like to see Abe Lincoln give a speech (really, a person dressed up like Abe!). What about a math lesson produced by students! Then Teacher Tube is the place you want to visit! Teachers are the only people allowed to upload videos. You can create your own account and upload your videos as well. It is free!! And it would be a great way for you to be able to share your videos with other students, parents, and the world!!!
Read more about this great tool at www.teachertube.com
Make TeachSpace your homepage so that each day your students will see the current phase of the moon!
Welcome to TeachSpace. TeachSpace is an engaging, hands-on, standards base, educational program to excite K-12 teachers about integrating technology and science across the curriculum.
The TeachSpace program has been given rave reviews by teachers. The program is conducted by two former public school classroom teachers that are deeply involved in the educational community today. We believe that every teacher should be able to use the excitement and science of the space program to teach all aspects of their curriculum. Another goal of this program is to provide sustained and on going contact during the school year.
During the 90's, this program targeted rural and small school systems that might not otherwise had the opportunity to provide their teachers with professional development from instructors with the background of Billy and Terry Sue. Now TeachSpace has grown and has conducted workshops for schools from Alabama to Maine. However, the emphasis is still to target rural or smaller school systems that otherwise would not be able to provide this type of training for their teachers.
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