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Check out these podcasts on alternative energy and offer feedback

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Creative Excuses Not to Use Technology

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So, I have come across a few posts referencing Wordle lately and here is my try. I chose to use the text of the first of the year post on my class blog- from way back in September. I also added the text of all the student comments. The title of the [...]

Reflecting on the ROV simulation and cellphone experiment

Today was the final challenge in our Remotely Operated Vehicle Challenge. After about a week of planning and practice the groups from our two classes had their final challenge; navigate to a given location, put a cap on a jar. The simplified assignment from my previous post is: Working with another 8th grade science [...]

Is That a Cellphone in Science Class?

The phone rings. It is a picture from the athletic fields behind the school. Kids quickly look at the image, then refer to a desktop displaying an aerial view of the same location using Google Earth. After conferring for a few minutes a student texts PU TW SP. Shortly after a [...]

Energy Solutions for Our Future

I just spent the day helping my wife post her 6th graders energy presentations to a new edublog. The project isn’t really a blog but they are looking for comments on their work. If you have a few minutes and would like to offer some short constructive feedback please check out their presentations [...]

New Middle School Science Labs

Ok, so it was the end of February, but the new labs are finished (minus some small punch list items) and we have been fully using our new space. I certainly have more to add about the wonderful opportunities these labs will provide our middle school students, but for now take a look. [...]

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Hometown:: Conway, NH

School / Work Affiliation: Kennett Middle School

About Me:: Science in the Middle! I love to be in a classroom and 8th grade is my favorite age group. Learning beside students who demand relevancy, excitement and the unknown keeps me on my toes. What better place to be to keep learning.

Blog:: http://ateachersthoughts.com

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Why Blog in Science Class

(cross-posted from my blog)

The lab bench, beakers, liquids, a balance, data in a notebook these are the makings of the class lab. Now add in the lab report. Follow the way of writing science, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion…Now turn it in, and move forward to the next assignment.

Now consider this: The lab bench, beakers, liquids, a balance, data in a notebook these are the ma

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Posted on January 30th, 2008 at 7:18am — 1 Comment (Add)

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At 8:50am on January 31st, 2008, Lucas Fox said…: Thanks a bunch! I can't wait to look at the blog you set up for your students!

At 9:36am on January 28th, 2008, Lucas Fox said…: Heya Rick,

sorry i didn't get back to you until now. I've been so busy with grading and mid terms and you name it. I always hate end of the quarter.

Anyway, I don't use blogging in my classrooms now because our district doesn't allow it. I am currently cunducting research on the advantages and disadvantages of blogging in the classroom to change the policy of using blogs and wikis within the classroom. I want them to allow it.

Though if when you get your blog set up and running, if i can take a look at it, and maybe ask you some questions for my research i would love that. I'm looking to get the perspective of newer teachers to using blogging as well as teachers that i have been doing it for a while.

Cheers mate.

At 5:45pm on January 26th, 2008, Eric Brunsell said…: Thanks Rick. This should be interesting. I love starting things where I really don't know where it will end up!

At 3:26pm on January 26th, 2008, Eric Brunsell said…: Hi-
I saw a comment you left for Jay Fogleman about using web 2.0 tools in science teacher preparation. I started a community for my secondary science methods class. It would be great if I could recruit a few inservice science teachers to join! http://teachingscience.ning.com/

Class starts on Tuesday, so it is pretty sparse now.

These students will also be mentoring science fair teams in Dubai via Blackboard...should be fun!

At 2:37am on December 12th, 2007, Bill Gaskins said…: What grade do you teach? I work with middle school teachers. Do you have blog pages in your site for each student? How do you manage that? I notice that you are using wordpress. Do you have it on your own server or school server?
Bill

At 6:04pm on December 10th, 2007, Bill Gaskins said…: Great work! I am a new instructional technology coach in a rural middle school in South Carolina. My biggest goal is to teach teachers that have never heard of WEB 2.0. I would like to borrow some of your ideas to share.

At 7:39am on November 15th, 2007, Scott Beiter said…: I teach a physical science curriculum. Rensselaer is a small city school district with surprisingly similar issues that pertain to a rural school. I'm the ONLY 8th grade science teacher in the district. Networking I've found is not just good; its essential.

At 8:22am on June 19th, 2007, Christiane Dufour said…: Hi, I really enjoyed your post on first collaborations. Not only were you and your students quite creative in exploring the use of Bubbl.us but I loved how this exploration brought out important questions of ownership and collaboration. I think they are the same issues that face us as teachers when we are reluctant to share our work.

At 9:03pm on April 13th, 2007, Elizabeth Davis said…: Hi Rick,
My parents have a house in Ossipee, NH, not too far from Conway. It is beautiful up there. We will be spending a week on Lake Ossipee in August.

Thanks again for the wiki spaces info. Your climate wiki looks great. I really liked the way you structured it and included the agreement, rubric and directions. I hope you don't mind if I use some of you stuff when we start our genetics wiki.
-Elizabeth
-Elizabeth

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