MSM 397: No Plan Survives First Contact With a Microphone . . .
Jokes You Can Use:
Doctor: “I’m sorry but you suffer from a terminal illness and have only 10 to live.”
Patient: “What do you mean, 10? 10 what? Months? Weeks?!”
Doctor: “Nine.”
Why did egyptians shave their heads regularly?
- To be more pharodynamic
Guest at a restaurant: “I refuse to eat this roastbeef. Please call the manager! “
- Waiter: “That’s no use. He won’t eat it either.”
I thought I’d tell you a good time travel joke
- but you didn’t like it.
I heard a report about a bad outbreak of the tummy bug, apparently 9 out of 10 people there suffered from diarrhea.
- I can’t stop thinking about that tenth person who apparently enjoyed it.
Advisory:
Taking a ball from a kid
Growing a Chinese Bamboo Tree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4YvBedUlcA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4YvBedUlcA&feature=youtu.be
Middle School Science Minute
by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)
iNaturalist
I was recently reading the March, 2018 issue of “Science Scope,” a magazine written for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association.
In this issue, I read the Citizen Science article, “iNaturalist: Citizen Science for 21st Century Naturalists,” written by Jill Nugent. The article describes a project that empowers citizens to record biodiversity. For more information, please visit:
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Beyond Multiple Choice @BMC2018
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This should be a wake-up call to AP history: multiple-choice testing is a fraud. You do not find it in college history courses worthy of that name. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/our-schools-got-rid-of-ap-courses-heres-why/2018/06/18/24018654-7316-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html?utm_term=.741ea73c26ee … and https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/09/19/the-nations-report-card-says-it-assesses-critical-thinking-in-history-but-naep-gets-an-f-on-that-score/?utm_term=.6ee484b05290 …
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Parenting lessons from Kayla’s amazing dad in the Eighth Grade movie. @boburnham
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Strategies:
Let It Go
“Let it go,” the title of this article, is not a tribute to the famous children’s movie, but rather a directive to teachers. To create an instructional shift that focuses on students, there are a few mentalities teachers just need to let go:
https://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet/TabId/270/ArtMID/888/ArticleID/932/Let-It-Go.aspx
Teaching: five things I wish I’d known fifteen years ago
http://www.josepicardo.com/education/teaching-five-things-i-wish-id-known-fifteen-years-ago/
Resources:
UnHangout
Unhangout is an open source platform for running large-scale, participant-driven events online.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYxmd3BmOW0
Describing Words
This tool helps you find adjectives for things that you’re trying to describe. Also check out ReverseDictionary.org and RelatedWords.org.
Web Spotlight:
Our World in Data
Ashes in the Snow (Beyond Shades of Grey)
A holocaust book by Ruta Sepetys popular with teens is coming out as a movie.
Random Thoughts . . .
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