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MSM 252: He took the Rhom-bus, Jim!

Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.

Jokes You Can Use:

An American tourist was lunching in a restaurant in China where the specialty was duck. The waiter explained each dish as he brought it to the table. "This is the breast of the duck; this the leg of the duck; this is the wing of the duck; etc." Then came the dish that the American knew was chicken. He waited for the explanation. Silence. "Well?" he finally asked, "What's this?" The waiter replied, "It's a friend of duck."

Waiter: And how did you find your steak, sir?

Customer: Well, I just pushed aside a bean and there it was!

What do you call a bear in the rain? A drizzly bear

What did the bean say to the bean?

Why do are seagulls called seagulls?

Three tomatoes are walking down the street.

What lights up a soccer stadium?

When’s the best time to go to the dentist?

Eileen Award:

Twitter: Mike Hanlon, Steve Woods

email: Patti Kinney (NASSP)

Advisory:

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Nature Study Practitioners:

I was recently reading the Spring, 2013 issue of Green Teacher magazine. One of the articles in this issue was entitled, "The Nature-Study Movement" written by Kelly Johnson. She found that by revisiting this historic movement it reinforces the importance of integrating art and science when helping children get engaged with the natural world. Within the article, the author shares stories about her three favorite Nature-Study Practitioners. They are:

1. Anna Botsford Comstock

2. Beatrix Potter

3. Rachel Carson

http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2013/7/3_Middle_School_Science_Minute-Nature_Study_Practitioners.html

From the Twitterverse:

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

Resources:

Movie Teachers

Read more: http://entertainment.time.com/2013/09/05/back-to-school-10-great-movie-teachers/slide/all/#ixzz2eDTIaJNS

http://entertainment.time.com/2013/09/05/back-to-school-10-great-movie-teachers/slide/all/

Task Timer

from Richard Byrne

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/09/a-task-timer-to-use-offline-or-online.html#.Uis1J2RASQk

Visual.ly

Click on the search button to find infographics for your area.

http://visual.ly/

Delayed Gratification

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ubVVnWglk

Things to Think About

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/things-to-think-about/id664670576?mt=8

Socrative Back Channel

http://www.socrative.com/garden/?p=1651

Web Spotlight:

The Ruthless Global Battle for Your Back-to-School Shopping Dollars

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/the-ruthless-global-battle-for-your-back-to-school-shopping-dollars/279057/#comments

The Biggest “Game-Changer” in Education

September 5, 2013

By George Couros

http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/8916#

School bullying's chilling new front

By Francey Hakes, Special to CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/opinion/hakes-bullying/index.html

http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2013/09/this-is-not-the-answer-to-cyberbullying.html