For environmental science and AP chemistry

This is from the blog We Teach High school.

It took me a long time to find this again.  The problem was although it was for AP, it was AP Biology, not AP Chemistry.

Also this site has a different way to make syllabi.  I may use this idea for my goals sheets for Standards Based Education class instead of a dull spreadsheet type thing

Things I'm adding

I love viewing peoples annotated notes for science, work and planning.

I have had my students keep notebooks with ideas and concepts.  They are beginning to look on this.  So far in my unit on periodic trends, there has not been a graded assignment.  Just notes.

Periodic trends.

A foldable from Bonding with James on periodic trends from his Teachers pay teacher page.  It is well worth it.  The students identify the parts of the periodic trends, then write the characteristics.

The next is a blank periodic table that has the parts labeled along with the ionization, radius, electronegativity trends.

So far so good.

Digital

A student was diligently writing in a pack of papers.  I go to look and it is not my work.  She asks that I let her finish.  She generally does her work and is earnest in her plea, so I agree.  I lap around the room later and she is copying from a photo on her cell phone. "Are you copying?"
"No," she explains, " it is my work but I lost it."
"Why don't you just print it?"
"It is on my cell.."
"Does it have wireless? Can't you email it to your school account and print in the library."

"I'm almost done"

Digital natives no.

Breast cancer awareness

Friday was pink out day.  Even Rufus the Lab Rat participated.

things from pinterest

I need to put this above my desk.  Not that I ever sit there.



https://anethicalisland.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/blooms-revised-taxonomy-with-verbs/

christmas for my father

My father was a NASA fan.  I remember the days of the Apollo program.  He would watch the cardboard animations for hours.  I stayed up late to watch the Lunar landing.

I remember building one of the gas stations modules.  I think I had two.

My father does not need anything.  Anything he wants he can buy.

But I can give him my time.  I can reprint this, build it and tell him I remember the NASA program with him and how much I remember it.

home visits

My daughter and many of her coteachers did this.  They visiting students' home to encourage them to go to open house.  They think it worked.

http://www.joannejacobs.com/2015/09/the-teacher-at-the-door/