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Category: Web 2.0
Sep 29
Culture Blog Post
Students, today we will creating blog post about different cultures….I have made a list of resources that you will need to complete this assignment. The most of the websites are provided by National Geographic and will serve as value about resources for this project. Please follow the links below to the websites that I have…
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Sep 28
Punnett Squares
Class, today we will be introducing the importance of punnet squares in our talks about genetics. In order to practice how to use a punnet square we will be using an interactive website to aid in our understanding. You can access this website by clicking on the link below. Punnet Squares Mr. McClung
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Sep 24
The Crazy Approach to Reading
Today in social studies, I introduced a new reading activity to my students. The name of the game is “The Crazy Professor Reading Game”, which is another Whole Brain Teaching Strategy. This activity is used by thousands of K-12 teachers across the country, the Crazy Professor is designed to deepen students’ reading comprehension of both…
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Sep 24
Plants, Squares, and Stuff….
Recently my science classes have began discussions about genetics. In our discussions we have gone into great detail about heredity…..which is the passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring. We have used the work of Gregor Mendel to view how the passing of traits exactly works. Mendel used pea plants to explain how traits…
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Sep 24
Observing Osmosis
This entire week our class has been observing the process of osmosis. Osmosis is the passing of water through a membrane….in order to demonstrate this process we used huevos (eggs). We took four eggs and submerged them in four different liquids. Water Salt Water Water (red food coloring) Vinegar Our goal was to discover how…
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Sep 24
Gregor Mendel
Above is a slide presentation of Gregor Mendel and his contributions to genetics. Mr. McClung
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Sep 22
Talking Rivers With Dr. Strange
Recently we concluded our talks about navigation systems and rivers. One last measure I took before I closed our discussions over rivers, was to extend our conversation to visitors to our class blog. Using a VoiceThread, I asked our audience, “what rivers were important to their community?” Today I shared with my students one of…
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Sep 20
Rivers Voicethread
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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Sep 16
Navigation System Project
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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