Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.

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What do you call a 4 foot psychic who escapes from jail?

Why did the mermaid wear seashells?

What concert costs 45¢?

How did the hipster burn his tongue?

What do get when cross the Atlantic with the Titantic?

What did one eye says to the other eye?

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Seeing things differently

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/01/brilliant-urban-interventions-by-oakoak-turn-crumbling-city-infrastructure-into-a-visual-playground/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Heat Safety

I was recently reading the December, 2012 issue of Science Scope, a publication of the National Science Teachers Association for middle school teachers. In the monthly section, "Scope on Safety "written by Ken Roy, director of environmental health and safety for Glastonbury Public Schools in Glastonbury, CT, he wrote about using heat sources safely in the middle school science laboratory. The article was entitled "Turning Up the Heat on Safety." Safety-wise, the hot plate is probably by far the best choice.

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Resources:

How We Know the Earth is Round

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o_W280R_Jt8#!

Banished Word List

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php

The Power of Mindset

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pN34FNbOKXc

Essay Bank

9000 essays to steal look at.

http://www.essaybank.com/

Web Spotlight:

The Power of Love

The effect of a teacher and the effect in the classroom. Very motivating. Useful for principals especially.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9bSu_Snlbsw#!

Dying teacher's quest: Did I make a difference?

..nothing to do with my speaking, more to do with my listening...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/23/inspirational-teacher/1785739/

News:

More Evidence Showing The Dangers Of Using High-Stakes Testing For Teacher Evaluation

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/01/04/more-evidence-showing-the-dangers-of-using-high-stakes-testing-for-teacher-evaluation/

Sure, Big Data Is Great. But So Is Intuition.

By STEVE LOHR