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Oct 19 2008

Science notebooks changed my life

Science notebooks and notebooking can prove useful for secondary level students grades 5-12. It helps incorporate important science skills plus it keeps everything organized.

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Oct 19 2008

I &hearts DonorsChoose.org

Donate Now I know I post a lot about DonorsChoose.org, but I feel it is my duty. I recently had another project funded through this amazing organization. It’s such a good example of what’s right about people and how, when given the chance, they’ll often times do good even for people they don’t know. If…

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Oct 05 2008

Don’t forget to write

Donate Now I admit that the text messaging and quick-fire emails in my life has allowed me to adjust to a significantly truncated style of communication in order to get through my days. But this week I was reminded three times the value of taking time to write. Retired and traveling

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Oct 04 2008

The only thing missing is the medals

Well, actually, I did give out medals, but they are pasted into students’ notebooks. This past week we capped off our horrendously tedious learning about metrics experience with a chance to actually use metric units. What does 58 cm really look like? Now my students have a better idea.

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Oct 02 2008

Bloggerific news about DonorsChoose

I love DonorsChoose.org. If you’ve never visited the site, please do. It allows anyone to directly impact a classroom of their choosing. Right now, DonorsChoose is running a blogger challenge. One of my projects was chosen by the popular blog TechCrunch to be featured in their challenge. This is certainly very exciting news. My project…

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a Teach for America science teacher in St. Louis

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