Jokes

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A mother mouse and her three children crept out of their hole into the kitchen and began feasting on some delicious bits of food. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, Mother Mouse saw a cat slinking toward them. The cat was between the mice and their hole. The mother muse puffed up her lungs and went, "Woof! Woof!" The cat turned tail and ran. With that, the mother quickly led her children back to safety in their hole. When they were settle and breathing normally, Mother Mouse said to her children. "Now, what's the lesson from that experience?" "We don't know," the baby mice squeaked. "It is this," said Mother Mouse. "It's always good to know a second language."

On Our Mind:

Snow Days - Part 2

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_721287.html

From our Listeners:

The Eileen Award: It’s a great hands-on project being sponsored by the International Year of Chemistry for all elementary school and high school students, and according to the IYC there is little to no cost to perform the experiments. They are trying to make it a World Record for largest chemistry experiment ever! I found more information about the experiment itself at http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2010/3205/3_wright.html . From my understanding teachers just go to the website and sign up if they want to participate, and they can get lesson plans/walkthroughs right there.

-Alan

Advisory:

Jeopardy Archive

Just place your mouse over the dollar value for the question to reveal the “answer”.

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Check out Dave’s Science Explosion Channel on YouTube.

From the Twitterverse:

News:

Schools Tackle Legal Twists and Turns of Cyberbullying

High-profile incidents put legal, policy issues in the spotlight but lack of clarity remains

By Michelle R. Davis

Resources:

DrawIsland

Easy to use on-line drawing program. Nothing to download. You can download images once done.

http://drawisland.com/

Science Animation Gallery

http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=3637

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animation.html

Filibustery

Welcome to Filibustery, a website devoted to making the filibuster — and the proposals in the U.S. Senate to reform it — more understandable.

http://filibustery.com/

Reading Concepts

3 resources on teaching reading available to download.:

* How to Generate Interest So Reading Comprehension Improves

* Four-Ply Vocabulary Plan

* LINKING THE LANGUAGE-A Cross-Disciplinary Vocabulary Approach

http://www.cdl.org/resource-library/library_browse.php?type=author&id=75

Planet Foss

Share pictures of science.

http://www.fossweb.com/planetfoss/index.html

TopicMarks

Summary any text

http://topicmarks.com/

SPENT

If you were unemployed, what would you do?

http://playspent.org/

Web Spotlight:

Interdisciplinary Lessons in a Time of Testing

By Anthony Colucci

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2011/02/09/tln_interdis.html?tkn=MMCCEsbljhQJM1zKm5tfb2BhoBNuDlL9x4+s&cmp=clp-sb-ascd

SciTable

Events & Happenings:

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NMSA News:

* National Conference: Thursday, November 08, 2011 —Saturday, November 10, 2011 Louisville, Kentucky.

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+ Crossword Puzzle! (Maryland Conference)

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