Today, Mr. McClung asked us to write a blog post about in what ways school will be different in the future, ways our families could save money, or create a celebrity Valentine. I’ve chosen to write a Valentine to Harry Potter. Dear Harry, You’ve never met me, I’m just a muggle, but when I think of…
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The Strokes are your band of the week. The Strokes are an American rock band formed in 1998 in New York City. They rose to fame in the early 2000’s as leaders in the garage rock revival. The band’s members are Julian Casablancas (lead vocals), Nick Valensi (guitar), Albert Hammond, Jr. (guitar), Nikolai Fraiture (bass…
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Lesson One – Snow, Snow, and More Snow While they are receiving record snow fall on the east coast, we hear in the natural state are feeling the effects of all this winter weather. We started out this week by taking yet another snow day as many states around the country continue to get dumped…
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Today we spent some time talking about how you can turn electrical energy into mechanical energy. Students were asked to build a simple electric motor using Play-Doh, paper clips, copper wire, and a battery. The video above is from my two of my first period students identifying the parts of their motor.
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Can you imagine a world were you could attend school from your own house? Or not having to lug around heavy textbooks? Well people are starting to believe this will happen; in fact it has already started. This summer, Florida students K-8 grade are going to be offered a chance to take online classes, so…
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One of the features offered by Edublogs is the ability to add editors to your blog. With this in mind, today I decided to get my students involved. For over a year now, I have been the only contributor to my class blog but today I added 9 student editors. Today I gave them a…
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For class, Mr. Mcclung asked us to make a blog post about one of three topics; I chose the option where if I could send a Valentine, who would I send it to. If I could send a Valentine to a celebrity, I would DEFINTELY send one to Taylor Lautner. Taylor Lautner is…
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After missing Tuesday due to yet another snow day, on Wednesday we moved forward with our conversations about electricity. Today I introduced to my students electromagnetism; we learned that there is a relationship between electricity and magnetism. By running an electrical current through a circuit you can actually create a small magnetic field. The picture…
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Your band of the week is The White Stripes The White Stripes are an American rock duo, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consists of songwriter Jack White (vocals, guitar, piano, and once bass) and Meg White (drums and occasional vocals). After releasing several singles and three albums within the Detroit independent music…
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