MSM 534: Teaching All Day Not Enough, We’ve Got a Plan

Summary:

Shawn and Troy explain last week (the missing Mr. McGirr), what does a “snow day” look like? Dave takes a look at Woodpeckers.

Jokes:

Eileen Award:

Shannon Lundgren…..

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

The Woodpecker Cavity Cam Project

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/elwest/woodpecker-cavity-cam

Reports from the Front Lines

The Twitterverse

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

Strategies:

7 Attention-Getters to Use Instead of Raising Your Voice

https://www.edutopia.org/article/7-attention-getters-use-instead-raising-your-voice#annotations:E6RM-oQ0EeygN3OhWIgbwQ

Resources:

Our 2022 Winter Book Review Festival

https://www.middleweb.com/46498/our-2022-winter-book-review-festival/#annotations:JyRkPoKhEeya5IehYMWpnA

Shawn’s Reading Reference:

A parenting expert shares the 5 toxic mistakes that can make kids more ‘selfish and entitled’

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/11/psychologist-shares-toxic-parenting-mistakes-that-make-kids-more-selfish-and-entitled-in-adulthood.html#annotations:Yn7ptoKfEeyFX6spqUCu1A

Web Spotlight:

What Happens to Your Brain When You Pay Attention

https://www.ted.com/talks/mehdi_ordikhani_seyedlar_what_happens_in_your_brain_when_you_pay_attention

Random Thoughts . . .

Time to make the Ceppalini . . .

https://youtu.be/G4B1Brp2LX4