Here we go…. Biology Winners:1) Trisha Dowd2) Wade Schmidt – 6th Grade3) Yessy Dominguez – 6th GradeHonorable Mention- Daniel VacaHonorable Mention- Felicia Davidson Chemistry Winners:1) Macy Swink – 6th Grade2) Shelby Woodward3) Shelby TweedyHonorable Mention- Jose RochaHonorable Mention- Mikayla Fiorito Earth Science Winners:1) Irving Ceron2) Trystan Faulkner – 6th Grade3) Ana HernandezHonorable Mention- Karla GonzalezHonorable…

Today we performed our normal microscope lab, except we did something a little bit different. Today marked our first test run of using chat as a discussion tool in class. Students were given instruction in our classroom as normal, but when they entered the lab room, they had to depend on my written instruction on…

On Thursday we are going to take our first official test run at using chat as a classroom discussion tool. We will be continuing our lab work by looking at Paramecium (riveting, I know). Visitors, feel free to stop by and check out our lab discussion by clicking here.Discussion times (central standard):9:30am – 10:10am10:25am –…

With science fair behind us now, yesterday our classes were finally able to get back into our science lessons. We picked up right where we left off with microscopes. Yesterday we took time to examine Elodea Leafs. Above is a picture that I took of a leaf at a total magnification of 400x. Students were…

Ok, so maybe the title of this post is a little intense….but, nevertheless, yesterday was judging day of our science fair projects. In addition to their display boards, students were asked to provide an abstract of what your project was about, and perform a short interview with a judge. Below are the photos from yesterday,…

Today my class and I explored a website called Vocaroo, a bit of technology that was shared with us by Mr. C. This is a website that can be used to record voice messages and post/embed them on to the Internet. I am very excited about his technology, this finally allows for a quick and…

As a part of our student’s ongoing study of Medieval Studies in their social studies class, this past week classes began learning a form of an old Medieval dance called the Minuet. You can view the steps to this dance by clicking on the Minuet link. Below is a video of a practice session that…

Night so long….just arrived home from a weekend away in Dallas, TX and thought I would make an update before I am off to sleep. Friday marked the last school day of our preparation before our projects are due on Monday. Of course we were scrambling like crazy to finish our projects. Students only took…

In my graduate classes we use discussion boards on a regular basis as a complement to our normal classes. I have decided to test the waters of using discussion boards as bell work for my homeroom class. These discussions will consist of conversations that we begin in class and then continue our topic discussions on…

As apart of our communication arts lesson this week, we are studying the different types of emotional persuasion. The other day in class we created a list of different types of emotional persuasion strategies used in advertisements: better your health, better your self-image, make your friends jealous, give you energy, etc….. Today, we will continue…