I saw the above picture on It’s Okay to Be Smart, and couldn’t help smiling! I knew I would need to share it on a Fun Friday post, and then a few other space-related resources found their way to my computer – and I had my theme for today! If you just started back to … Read more
For this week’s Fun Friday post, I thought you might like these links to Scientist Paper Dolls, offered by Mad Art Lab. All are free to print out, color, and “re-mix” at home 🙂 Albert Einstein Jane Goodall Ada Lovelace Nikola Tesla I think it would be neat for the kids to be assigned one … Read more
For today’s Fun Friday post, I am sharing a video I originally found on The Kid Should See This. I must admit that I’ve always found it fascinating to watch domino chain reactions, but never really thought about the physics involved. While I was grabbing the embed code for this video, I noticed quite a … Read more
One of the booths I visited at the massive ISTE expo this week was the Brainpop booth. I got my picture taken with Moby, the famous Brainpop “mascot”, but, trust me, you don’t want to see it. This one is much better (Moby is on your right): I haven’t shared a lot about Brainpop on … Read more
Last week,in my post about my intention to use more online learning with my students, I mentioned a pilot summer camp my district is doing with Edmodo. You may not have access to something like this, but if you are interested in offering something similar to your own students or children this summer, you might … Read more
Please don’t ask me the name of this website if you ever meet me in person because I think I’ve found almost as many ways to garble the title as there are years in an epoch. I don’t know why I can’t remember it as it is quite simple and makes perfect sense, but for … Read more