MSM 278: Random Facts, Write about Maths.

Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.

Jokes You Can Use:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/really-really-bad-puns

Random Facts

Eileen Award:

iTwitter: Adnan Iftekhar, Kyle S., Mike Paul

Google+: Patrick Brule

Advisory:

Spread of Baby Names

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/07/an-interactive-look-at-history-and.html?m=1

Jobs Charted by State and Salary

http://flowingdata.com/2014/07/02/jobs-charted-by-state-and-salary/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Neuroscience-Career Opportunites

This is the fourth in a four part series on neuroscience with special guest Aneesha Badrinarayan, Outreach Programs Manager with the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, in Ann Arbor, MI. You can visit the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum online at:

http://www.aahom.org

In this podcast, we look at the question of "How do you prepare for a degree in neuroscience and what are the career opportunities?"

http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2014/7/3_Middle_School_Science_Minute-Neuroscience_Career_Opportunities.html

From the Twitterverse:

#mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!”

Strategies:

Using Writing in Mathematics to Deepen Student Learning

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED544239.pdf

Anchor Charts

Useful or just pretty?

http://teachingexperiment.com/2013/11/anchor-charts-all-levels/

School-Wide Twitter Chats

http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/new-zealand-wellington-to-est

Resources:

daFont

http://www.dafont.com

Shooloo

Large repository of Common Core Math Word Problems.

https://fun.shooloo.org/

Classroom Icebreakers

http://www.worksheetlibrary.com/teachingtips/icebreakers.html

What was there

Ties historical photos to Google Maps.

http://www.whatwasthere.com/

Web Spotlight:

The Secret of Effective Motivation

By AMY WRZESNIEWSKI and BARRY SCHWARTZ

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/opinion/sunday/the-secret-of-effective-motivation.html?referrer=&_r=0

http://thefederalist.com/2014/01/17/the-death-of-expertise/

Random Thoughts . . .