EVEN MORE SCIENCE!!!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTpXcXPILEYinvtw0Go8rSRKX2ybbyNVbHo3GcJheOnbxTGP_w8uLoLLXGeEyo0-xQAabeHo105lTaH/pubhtml

SCIENCE CHOICE BOARD

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ytwKpbKE-DDyyCH3EXX0xo2R0ABI4reXFzRZuW-IYCI/edit

Science....oh, Science!

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 (REPOST from https://mybraincantholditall.blogspot.com/2018/12/day-3-science-journal-with-google.html?m=1)

Day 3: Science Journal with Google

Science Journal with Google [LINK]

This is a SUPER recent resource I've been geeking out over. If you teach Science, "Science Journal" with Google is a M-U-S-T!!! A fellow Google Trainer reached out looking for creative ways to document lab experiments and Eric Santos offered up this one. Shout out to @SantosTechCoach Holy cow!!!! 

How did I NOT know about this?????

Ok - focus . . . the website provides a lot of good info - as well as ready to go experiments (some are to teach students how to use the app) - but if you really want the most out of this resource, you need to get your hands on phones or tablets and load the free app. I showed it to one of the 4th grade science teachers and we quickly were AMAZED with the features!

The app capitalizes on the microphone, the compass, the sensors of mobile devices to allow students to use an:

• Accelerometer X, Y, & Z (in m/s^2)
• Barometer (hPa)
• Brightness (EV)
• Compass (degrees)
• Linear accelerometer (m/s^2)
• Magnetometer (uT)
• Pitch (Hz)
• Sound intensity (db)

I'm not entirely sure where each of these will fit into curriculum or experiments, but I was blown away by the ability to hold my phone and measure the barometric pressure! I thought that was only something meteorologists did! I really was holding my phone moving it all around playing with all these measurements. 

AND ...

... not only does it measure this on your screen, you can RECORD it!

If that isn't enough, there is space to record observations right in the app! As I learn more about it, I can see it having a place in more than the science classroom. Music classrooms as well as physical education classes can absolutely use these metrics regularly. How cool would it be for the students to measure how fast they can run or how quiet they can be?!? 

More noteworthy info:

• teachers can SEARCH experiments by level, equipment, author, duration or features

• the app requires iOS 10 or later (we have some older iPads and we got lucky!)

• want to be even geekier? There is a SECTION for developers to "Think up new and innovative ways to use our code, or extend Science Journal by adding external sensors.

Please click HERE for the collection of all 15 resources.

Math (multiplication and division)

Picture via techyoucando.com


Massive kudos goes out to Sarah Kiefer! Sarah has created flash cards using flippity for multiplication & division. This will work via an internet browser on nearly all devices. Try it out with your 2nd-7th graders. Good stuff here!

Multiplication: Here is a snippet from Sarah's blog at techyoucando.com

Here is the power behind this type of studying method:

• bookmark the link ... http://bit.ly/multiplicationfacttable ... and it's no more than a click away! (Or post it in your LMS ... Google Classroom, perhaps?)

• share the link to the parents so they can study at home

• there are multiple ways to study - let your students find what works for them!
• Flashcards - traditional question on front, answer on back
• List - straight list of all facts in this set, both questions and answers
• Practice - a way to test yourself; gives some stats as well as review of missed questions at the end
• Matching - fun way to match question and answers
• Word Cloud - all the questions show, but when you hover, you see the answer
• More ... printable options for additional practice methods

• there is even an option to be able to hear the facts
• just click the 🔈icon on the right

• encourage students to use the randomizer so the facts don't go in order

Division: You can find them at http://bit.ly/divisionfacttable. There is an individual set for each number 1 - 12, as well as sets students can use to challenge themselves. 

Google Earth/Earth Engine and Climate

Check out this TWITTER post from J. Williams @geteach


First experiment w/ @googleearth #EarthEngine. Created this http://bit.ly/climate-earthengine … for Ss.  Explore monthly avg. max-temp and precip. by clicking land, check/unchecking layers, changing opacity, selecting years. Best exp. w/ laptop/pc #worldgeochat @earthoutreach #earthedu

https://twitter.com/i/status/1080765840159637504

Gamification!

Michael Matera has now been to Harney County twice to provide professional learning to teachers and students. Michael is author of Explore Like a Pirate, a guide to Gamification in the classroom. There is no doubt that having fun in the classroom and/or being excited about learning from both the student perspective and the teacher perspective leads to engagement, which is linked to student learning.

Michael's YouTube channel is full of tips and tricks for beginning gamification in your classroom.

Here is something you've probably done in your classroom, but maybe a new form. Checkout this Jeopardy template you may want to use: 








Photo Resource: https://elearninginfographics.com/benefits-of-gamification-in-elearning/
https://blog.neolms.com/gamification-in-the-classroom-small-changes-and-big-results/

Math Resources!

https://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/subjects/mathematics/resources/math-pd.pdf