Math and Science Student Posts- How does population size affect tadpole respiration?Diversity of Life Culminating Project-Investigating Amphibians Overview You and a group of biologists are curious to learn more about living things. Specifically, you are curious about the environmental conditions that support the growth and development of amphibians, specifically, tadpoles. You and your lab partners are curious about the following: Does bei […]Tina
- How did humans get here?Present day humans evolved from early primates. As you may or may not know, today’s Homo Sapiens traces its roots directly to Homo heidelbergensis, the latest ancestor of humans. Homo heidelbergensis is also known as Homo rhodesiensis, which then can trace its history back to Homo antecessor, which can trace it’s history back into Homo […]Don Huu
- Did Humans Involved from Primates?According to a selection of fossil samples of human like skulls, we can tell that humans have evolved from primates from time to time. It would take thousands of years to evolved so much that you can see the major differences in the skulls. It is difficult to tell if they have involved from primates […]Anh Thi
- Fossil EvidenceHumans did evolve from Primates. I asumme that humans did evolve from primates because they have had the same type of skull and body, but other people think that humans come from gods and my grandparents will hate me saying this because they are really christian but I think that they come from primates because […]Liam
- Human and Primate ConnectionOver the years humans evolved but people still wonder are primate link to humans. Primate do have a connection to humans an examples their bone are like us and the similar movement, however to took a long time humans to get to today. Human and Primate have similar bone and feature. They can walk on two leg like us. […]Bao Quang
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Science Gets Cooperative
The sixth graders have had their first experience with cooperative learning. In nature, much of the learning in class is cooperative, but cooperative learning organizes learning around a few principals: Everyone is accountable. Everyone sinks or swims together Assessment that … Continue reading
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Information for Parents on Formative Assessments
I want to give all parents a big belated thanks for attending parent teacher conferences the other week. I wanted to send a thank you out earlier, but I’ve been swamped with grading as my sixth grade scientists have wrapped … Continue reading
Compacting
To any and all parents out there who came to back to school night, I’d like to say I had a such a good time at “Back to School Night” last week. It was great to see some familiar faces … Continue reading
Grade 6 Simple Machines Summative Labs
A good science program will have no only science content but be a good platform for improving student’s scientific lab skills. The purpose of a summative lab is to be a test of students lab skills rather than what they … Continue reading
Using re-testing to help students learn math
I read a great book over the holiday by Tom Shwimmer entitled “10 things that matter from assessment to grading”. In it, he advocates that students be fully prepared for summative assessments by the teacher providing time to review. Also, … Continue reading
Using quizzes through a teaching career
I’ve always understood the purpose of giving a quiz mid-unit. It’s used as a formative assessment to diagnose whether or not students need remediation or not. When I started as a teacher, I was content to just give back the … Continue reading
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