Your band of the week is Ra Ra Riot Ra Ra Riot formed in 2006, playing at houses and venues around the Syracuse University campus. The band started to attract attention due to their energetic live shows, enough to gain an appearance at the CMJ Music Marathon, fewer than six months after their formation. Following…
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A group of my students sharing information with each other. This week in social studies, my students have been studying major navigation systems of the world. We have looked at such rivers and canals as the Mississippi River, Amazon River, Panama Canal, etc. On Friday I introduced a new activity to my students to expand…
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In my social studies classes we have been discussing important rivers and canals all around the world. What we would like to know now is, what rivers are important to your area of the world? Rivers here in Arkansas are used for a variety of reasons, including energy, recreation, agriculture, and commerce. We are asking…
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Sound familiar??? On this day 222 years ago, the United States Constitution was signed by 39 brave men or changed the course of history. Every year on September 17th, schools across the nation take part in Constitution Day. This is a day where we continue on the legacy left by our fore fathers by discussing…
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On Wednesday, we started our unit on rivers and navigation systems in social studies. Each student was given a navigation system to study, and were asked to find various information about their river or canal. Students were asked to include information about how the navigation system/canal was discovered/built, what the surrounding area is like (desert,…
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In the field of science observations are crucial….and we have been practicing our observation skills of late. For the past two weeks my science students have been practicing making graphs/charts and interpreting their meaning. The assignment, students were given six sets of data, and questions, and asked to record each set in a spreadsheet using…
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In class today we will be starting a project using Google Doc Presentation tool. We will be using the PowerPoint above as a guideline to creating our own. Mr. McClung
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Today we will be starting a new assignment as apart of our discussion of the different rivers and navigation systems around the world. I will be using the power point above, titled Death by PowerPoint, to illustrate the importance of being concise and making your points simple when preparing a presentation. We will be practicing…
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View more documents from jkmcclung. Students, for the rest of the week we will be practicing graphing data. Thursday in class, we will be using Google Docs to graph the data under section “A” listed above. I will demonstrate for you how to use a Google Graph to accomplish this task and we will work…
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Students, below are the instructions that you need to submit a Google document/spreadsheet/slideshow. 1. Complete your Google document/spreadsheet/slideshow 2. Find the share button in the top right hand corner and link of the “invite people” button 3. After you click “invite people”, a screen will pop up. You will need to enter my e-mail in…
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