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What!?! The Science Fair?

• March 9, 2011

My 13 year old daughter is preparing for her first science fair. Not because she has to… but because she wants to. In this post, I am the mom… …Worried that she wants to do a project over her head.  Seriously, what 7th grader wants to know how heavy metals affect bacterial growth?!?   Shouldn’t she [...]


Engaged and Learning with Recordable Cards

• February 11, 2011

Creative Idea Alert! Sometimes, low tech or no tech can be just as effective as having a room full of laptops. Our 8th grade science class is currently working on the following Learning Target: I can describe how heat is transferred (moved) by conduction, convection, and radiation, and classify examples of each. Our goal was [...]