Thursday, October 30, 2008

Greetings,
For the last 2 weeks of the quarter students are challenged with our next project. Students will make a flip book of a cell going through all the stages of Mitosis (cell division). Packets were passed out this week and the project is due November 4th and 5th.
You may notice the side bar to the right. It has some videos that describe Mitosis pretty well. Students may also use the notes from their science notebooks as well as an activity that has Mitosis broken into 12 different pictures slightly changed just like a flip book.

If you have any questions please feel email me at mark.russo@emid6067.net my teacher space can be found at http://www.emid6067.net/servlet/tspace?loc=crosswinds&who=68526249

Friday, October 10, 2008

And the results are... Outstanding!!!

Many of you think that I don't like to toot my own horn, well it is just not true. The Pangaea House students did an Amazing job on their Edible Cell projects. So amazing that I had to share, so here is a very small selection from the 90 plus finished products. These are some of the pictures that turned out clearest. Enjoy!















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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Wondering what a science notebook should look like?

Good Morning!
Many of you may be wondering, "What does my child's science notebook look like?" Some may be thinking, "Does my science notebook look right?" Well wonder no more friends! Below are examples of the work students should have finished in their science notebook as of 10/3/08. I just finished grading most of them and found a notebook with large, legible handwriting that is orderly and complete. If you want a really good look, click on the image and you can read every line, see every detail and point out every grammatical error. The class grades for the science notebooks on the whole were pretty good. I think this is going to be a good start to the year.







If you have any questions please feel email me at mark.russo@emid6067.net my teacher space can be found at http://www.emid6067.net/servlet/tspace?loc=crosswinds&who=68526249