Showing posts with label school stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school stuff. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Motivate...
These are the motivation posters we made in class the first week of school. Pretty great.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Friday, November 21, 2008
MOOMBA
MOOMBA stands for My Only Obstacle Must Be Attitude. We gave out our first bunch of MOOMBA awards today for the 2008-2009 school year. These little bits deserve a HUGE, huge round of applause. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Density Demo: Coke VS. Diet Coke
Our density demo today....we tested coke vs. diet coke (or regular vs. diet soda) and found that the regular sodas sank, whereas the diets all floated. When we measured out the amount of sugar in an average regular soda (anywhere from 39-55 grams of sugar) vs. the equivalency in non-calorie sweetener (we used Splenda) the kids were totally grossed out! Our conclusion was that the regular sodas were more dense (we talked about an elevator packed with 20 people, vs. an elevator which held only 2 people), therefore sank to the bottom. Pretty fun!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Raft Rally
Today we created raft designs. Here are a couple fun pics from the lesson. I'm loving this new bunch!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Classroom is ready!
School starts tomorrow, and I have that anxious anticipation of any teacher just before the first day of school. I promised to post some photos of my room this year. The bulletin boards are empty for 
student work. Wish me luck! 
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Water Works
Tomorrow is 8th grade graduation. This is a particularly sentimental one because this will be the first group I watch graduate that I taught in their firs
t year of middle school. They have grown and matured into such respectful, polite young ladies and gents. I have a very special spot for this one in particular, and I will miss her unconditional love and hugs. So this is a shout out for my gurl, Kat. I love this one. Go get 'em, girl!
t year of middle school. They have grown and matured into such respectful, polite young ladies and gents. I have a very special spot for this one in particular, and I will miss her unconditional love and hugs. So this is a shout out for my gurl, Kat. I love this one. Go get 'em, girl!
Gurrrrl, I made you something. Shoot!
End of the year. Grades are locked in. 75 kids. What are you gonna do? Make stuff! For those of you who can't tell, this is a volcano--compliments of Kelcey. Thanks Kelce!
Paco the Taco World
One of the science gameboards is called "Paco the Taco World". It looks like this! Ha!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Sign my yearbook!
The kids got their yearbooks this week, and everyone wants the teachers to sign. I must have signed about 50 yearbooks today! Gurrrrrl, nuu-uuuhhhh!
Friday, April 11, 2008
They shook the town...then painted it red.
My students created seismographs this week. The objective was that they had to use items they found around the house to create a machine that would record seismic motion (or just motion in general, given that we don't always have seismic motion we feel).
**This one measured motion in a little different way. The marbles on the top would fall into the water when seismic activity occurred.
**This one was made from wood, and had a pendulum that swung due to seismic activity, recording on the paper below.
**This one was made from a cereal box and yogurt cup. It was "painted chrome" as described by the inventor. Paper moved through the slot at the bottom, recording motion from the swinging pendulum.
**This one was built at a slant, and held marbles inside. When seismic activity occurred, the marbles would fall out. In the event of a minor earthquake, only one or two would come out. A larger earthquake would cause more marbles to fall out.
**This one was built from wood scraps and hardware from the garage. It held a drum of paper on a roller, which moved and recorded seismic activity.
And this one....this is unbelievable!! This kid went all out. It was totally functional! Not to mention sooooo cool. As you can see, when he turned the paper roll, the machine moved and recorded all motion on the paper.
I was proud of these little bits today. They rocked!
**This one measured motion in a little different way. The marbles on the top would fall into the water when seismic activity occurred.
**This one was made from wood, and had a pendulum that swung due to seismic activity, recording on the paper below.
**This one was made from a cereal box and yogurt cup. It was "painted chrome" as described by the inventor. Paper moved through the slot at the bottom, recording motion from the swinging pendulum.
**This one was built at a slant, and held marbles inside. When seismic activity occurred, the marbles would fall out. In the event of a minor earthquake, only one or two would come out. A larger earthquake would cause more marbles to fall out.
**This one was built from wood scraps and hardware from the garage. It held a drum of paper on a roller, which moved and recorded seismic activity.
And this one....this is unbelievable!! This kid went all out. It was totally functional! Not to mention sooooo cool. As you can see, when he turned the paper roll, the machine moved and recorded all motion on the paper. 
I was proud of these little bits today. They rocked!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Drop Zone Challenge
Today in my science enrichment class I gave my students some tape, saran wrap, string, and a paper clip, and told them they had 30 min to make a parachute. Everyone was successful, and we even had one with a hangtime of 9 seconds. Pretty good considering what they were workin' with. Nice job guys!!!
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