MSM 274: The length of a paycheck correlated with the amount of time spent listening to podcasts . . .
Presented in collaboration with the Association for Middle Level Education.
Jokes You Can Use:
Notice to Employees (Includes Part Time Workers)
SICKNESS
We will no longer accept your doctors’ statements as proof.
We believe if you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to work.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR SURGERY
We are no longer allowing this practice. As long as you are employed here, you will need all of whatever you have and should not consider having anything removed. We hired you as you are, and to have anything removed would certainly make you less than we bargained for. Anyone having operations will be FIRED immediately.
PREGNANCY
In the event of extreme pregnancy, you will be allowed to go to the first aid room when the pains are FIVE MINUTES apart. If it is false labor, you will have to take an hour’s leave without pay.
DEATH
This will be accepted as an excuse, BUT we would like two weeks notice, as we feel it is your duty to teach someone your job prior to . . . or after death.
This new benefit program started yesterday.
The Management
What did the spider email to the fly?
Visit my Web site!
An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says, “Ah, you’re an engineer — you’re in the wrong place.” So the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After a while, they’ve got air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is becoming a pretty popular guy. One day God calls Satan up on the telephone and asks with a sneer, “So, how’s it going down there in hell?” Satan replies, “Hey, things are going great. We’ve got air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators, and there’s no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next.” God replies, “What??? You’ve got an engineer? That’s a mistake — he should never have gotten down there; send him up here.” Satan says, “No way! I like having an engineer on the staff, and I’m keeping him.” God says, “Send him back up here or I’ll sue.” Satan laughs uproariously and answers, “Yeah right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?”
What is worse than a giraffe with a sore neck?
A centipede with athlete’s foot.
Where did the kittens go on their class trip?
To a mewseum.
A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays three days and leaves on Friday how does he do it?
The horses name is Friday
Middle Schooler orders pizza. He gets a large. Just before it’s cut, he asks how many pieces.
Eileen Award:
- Google+: Neil Sandham
Advisory:
How Far Your Paycheck Goes, In 356 U.S. Cities
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/05/20/313131559/how-far-your-paycheck-goes-in-356-u-s-cities
Caffeine
It’s not just in coffee anymore. From drinks to jerky to gum, caffeine is everywhere. In our latest video, we take a look at the science behind the world’s most popular drug, including why that little molecule keeps you awake and reveal just how much caffeine is too much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuJOhpNS0IY
What is “Pretty”?
http://www.whatispretty.com/#/
How the Blind see beauty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlcx_q8u_YI#t=27
Citizenship Test
http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2014/05/americans-get-asked-questions-from-us.html
Middle School Science Minute
byDave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE MINUTE-PLACE-FAMOUS SCIENTISTS
I was recently reading the February, 2014 issue of Science Scope, a magazine written for Middle School Science Teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association. In this issue, I was reading the article, “Science Evolving,” written by Elizabeth Chick.
In this article, Chick explains how she developed a yearlong study of famous life scientists to bring together the Common Core for English Language Arts with the Nature of Science, found in the Next Generation Science Standards.
From the Twitterverse:
Strategies:
Spurious Correlations
Open Rocket
OpenRocket is a free, fully featured model rocket simulator that allows you to design and simulate your rockets before actually building and flying them.
The main features include:
- Six-degree-of-freedom flight simulation
- Automatic design optimization
- Realtime simulated altitude, velocity and acceleration display
- Staging and clustering support
- Cross-platform (Java-based)
http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2014/05/quotes-.html#.U4CsUVhdX71
http://openrocket.sourceforge.net
Engaging 6th Graders With Coding
This week I am giving some guest bloggers the opportunity to share their ideas and experiences. This is a post from Alison Franz.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/05/engaging-6th-graders-with-coding.html#.U4CqY1hdX70
Resources:
AMLE Book Clearance
http://www.amle.org/Shop/Closeouts.aspx
Kaizena
Kaizena allows teachers to provide audio feedback on shared Google Docs. This must be added through the App Store.
Random Thoughts . . .
Kids will still go to physical schools, to socialize and be guided by teachers, but as much, if not more, learning will take place employing carefully designed educational tools in the spirit of today’s Khan Academy –modular learning tailored to a student’s needs.
— Google gurus Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen pp 21-22 of THE NEW DIGITAL AGE: Transforming Nations, Businesses, and Our Lives (Vintage)
http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation/2014/05/quotes-.html#.U4CsUVhdX71
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