MSM 240: Evaluate 2000 Calories, Lessons, Makayama.

Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.

Jokes You Can Use:

Eileen Award:

Twitter: John Harrison, Seb Haire

Advisory:

What does 2000 Calories Look like?

Here's what your daily allowance actually looks like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rgaqwFPU7cc

Inspired by:

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm

How long does Trash last?

http://visual.ly/trash-how-long-it-really-lasts

Most Valued Possessions

http://www.petapixel.com/2013/03/21/portraits-of-refugees-posing-with-their-most-valued-possessions/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Water Stewardship

http://greatlakesearthpartnership2012.wikispaces.com/Water+Stewardship+Curriculum

http://www.therouge.org/

From the Twitterverse:

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

Resources:

Lesson Plan Organization

Looking for a place to enter and organize your lesson plans? This provides quick links to the Common Core.

http://www.commoncurriculum.com/

Web Spotlight:

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/creating-classrooms-we-need-8-ways-into-inquiry-learning/

News:

Realistic Expectations for New Teacher Evaluation Systems

http://www.danagoldstein.net/dana_goldstein/2013/04/realistic-expectations-for-new-teacher-evaluation-systems.html

Common Core supporter: ‘I see the opportunity being squandered’

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/03/20/common-core-supporter-i-see-the-opportunity-being-squandered/

Essay-Grading Software Offers Professors a Break

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/science/new-test-for-computers-grading-essays-at-college-level.html?_r=1&