Jokes You Can Use:

RUTH BUZZI ‏@Ruth_A_Buzzi

Our cat ate a neighbor's canary this morning; his favorite breakfast is Shredded Tweet. #HappyCATurday

RUTH BUZZI ‏@Ruth_A_Buzzi

People who steal cats are not cat burglars; they're purr-snatchers. #HappyCATurday

RUTH BUZZI ‏@Ruth_A_Buzzi

You can't stand puns and you hate cat jokes? You gotta be kitten me. #HappyCATurday

On Our Mind:

AMLE Registration opened this week.

Kathy Hunt donations can be made to the AMLE Foundation Fund, use the code “KHU” when making a donation.

The Summer Slide

( http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/05/30/how-im-helping-my-students-try-to-avoid-the-summer-slide/ )

ISTE 2012 . . .

Eileen Award:

Dr. Monte Tatom, FunDave: Twitter

Curtis Fuller: email

Carol DenOtter: Facebook

Advisory:

32 Innovations that will change the world

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/06/03/magazine/innovations-issue.html

Where kids sleep or A Girl and her room:

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/30/a-girl-and-her-room-rania-matar/

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/08/08/where-children-sleep-james-mollison/

The New (AB)Normal:

Big portion sizes have become the new abnormal, and it's time to scale back.

http://makinghealtheasier.org/newabnormal

Liter of Light

http://isanglitrongliwanag.org/

Effect of Sunlight

http://twentytwowords.com/2012/06/01/what-the-sun-did-to-the-face-of-a-veteran-truck-driver/

How to be Kind:

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/06/10-inexpensive-ways-to-be-kind.html

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

In the April/May, 2012 issue of Science Scope, a publication of the National Science Teachers Association, there is an article entitled, "More Than Just Guessing: The Difference Between Prediction and Hypothesis," written by Michelle Scribner-MacLean.

The topic of the article is to help teachers and students understand the difference between the two terms. Knowing the difference between making a prediction and formulating a hypothesis can go a long way toward helping students develop scientific literacy.

From the Twitterverse:

News:

Bunkum Awards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P-hJagz6ytM

http://nepc.colorado.edu/think-tank/bunkum-awards/2011

Resources:

Google World Wonders Project

http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/

or

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/06/world-wonders-new-flipped-classroom.html

How Long Would It Take You to Read "War and Peace?"

http://www.leekolbert.com/2012/05/how-long-would-it-take-you-to-read-war.html

Web Spotlight:

Child Poverty

http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2012/05/charts-pay-no-attention-to-the-nations-child-poverty-rate.html

The Chart:

http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54f8c25c988340168ebef9408970c-popup

Examples of PBL

APHistory. Interesting use of Google Sites. What if projects. The kids also published their work.

https://sites.google.com/a/micds.org/apush-2011-2012-final-projects/

Nathan Hall: 100+ Student Sites that don’t require registration

http://www.diigo.com/list/nathanghall/no-registration-needed-for-students

Strategies:

Games to Enhance Classroom Teaching

http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/all.html

ScienceFix: YouTube Science Channel for Middle School Experiments

http://www.youtube.com/user/sciencefix

Video of the Podcast:

http://youtu.be/Bh_3Jl_eHEk

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