Scientific Method

Topic :: SCIENTIFIC METHOD

* TIME for Kids: Scientific Method
Students will identify steps of the scientific method in a news story.
http://etgredirect.1105web.com/redirect.aspx?id=1057
* The Science Spot: Scientific Method & More
Features a variety of lessons and activities to introduce students to the process of scientific inquiry.
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classgen.html#Anchor1

* Steps of the Scientific Method
Contains a detailed introduction to the steps of the scientific method.
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_scientific_method.shtml

* MythBusters: Scientific Inquiry
Learn from the MythBusters, who use the scientific method to prove or disprove common beliefs about physical science.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/myth-busters/

* Introduction to the Scientific Method
This resource provides information on the scientific method.
http://teacher.nsrl.rochester.edu/phy_labs/AppendixE/AppendixE.html

* A Valid Conclusion? Testing and Reporting on Hypotheses Using the Scientific Method
In this lesson students explore the importance of accuracy in reporting, focusing particularly on articles documenting scientific discoveries.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20051220tuesday.html

* Scientific Impressions
Throughout the duration of the three lessons, students use scientific methods and analyze featured artists and their works.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2461/

School Tube Website

SchoolTube provides students and educators a safe, world class, and FREE media sharing website that is nationally endorsed by premier education associations.

Looking for Photos

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google

Basic Troubleshooting Info

Google Apps Information for MSMS Students

How to Use Google Docs

To get to the Google Page for Middle School

1. Go to: http://partnerpage.google.com/student.mssd14.org. This link is also at the bottom of the MSMS website.

2. Log in: User name (first initial middle initial last name)

3. Password: (first name followed by the last four digits of the student ID)

4. On the top left, click the Green tab which reads “Google Docs”

5. On the top left, click on the Blue tab which reads “New”, then you can choose “Document”, “Spreadsheet”, “Presentation”, “Folder”

6. Click on the white “File” tab on the left hand side, and click “Rename” to name it.

7. To share with your classmates, click on the blue-grey tab on the right hand side named “Share”.

8. In the area that states “Invite People”, click in the white text box and type in their username@student.mssd14.org. Press the Return/Enter key on the keyboard to add more than one. Make sure to add the teachers e-mail, i.e., nmorath@mssd14.org. Then click “Invite Collaborators”

9. The website will ask “Are you sure you want to invite someone outside your domain?” Click “OK” button. A message can be added to your invitation.

10. When you are done inviting people, click on “Back to Editing”

Creating a PDF on a MAC

If you want to send a file to someone and need to make sure that they get credit for it, you need to go to the File, Print. At the bottom, click on the PDF button and click Save as PDF. All computers can open a PDF file.

Keystrokes for Firefox

New Tab
Command + T

Open Location to get to the address bar
Command + L

Reload
Command + R

Zoom IN
Command + +

Zoom OUT
Command + -

Comic Life

Comic Life is licensed to Manitou Springs School District and anyone can use it. Read this article about why you should incorporate it. Comic Life Article

Ms D'Agostino just used this in 6th Grade Science. You could also print out your own forms for a sub to use as an assignment.

Internet Browsing

* You can tap the Space bar to scroll down on a Web page one screenful. Add the Shift key to scroll back up.
* You don’t have to type “http://www” into your Web browser. Or the ".com" or other extension. Example, if you type in google in the address bar it goes straight to www.google.com
* When you’re filling in the boxes on a Web page (like City, State, Zip), you can press the Tab key to jump from box to box, rather than clicking. Add the Shift key to jump through the boxes backwards.
* You can enlarge the text on any Web page.On the Mac, it’s the Command key and plus or minus.
* When you’re searching for something on the Web using, say, Google, put quotes around phrases that must be searched together. For example, if you put quotes around “electric curtains,” Google won’t waste your time finding one set of Web pages containing the word “electric” and another set containing the word “curtains.”
*On the computer, * means “times” and / means “divided by.”
* You can switch from one open program to the next by pressing Command-Tab (Mac).

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Ms Collopy's Sites for November

POETRY WEBSITES


Poetry 180
- 180 poems chosen by a former poet laureate, Billy Collins

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/poetry/
- Entry point for the PBS poetry focus

http://www.poetseers.org/themes
- notable poems by contemporary and historic authors

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/foolingwithwords/main_poet.html
- Some notable modern poetry

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/58

- Scroll down to find lists of popular contemporary poets and lists of popular historical poets

http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?page=browse&c=amverse
- only use this site if you know the name of the poem or author

QUOTATION WEBSITES

http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/

http://www.famous-quotations.com/asp/categories.asp

http://en.proverbia.net/citastemas.asp?letra=F

http://www.inspirationalquotes4u.com/
- scroll part of the way down the page to see quotes organized by subject/topic

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics.html

http://www.quoteworld.org/browse.php

http://www.quoteland.com/topic.asp

http://www.famousquotes.com/by_category.php?letter=a

http://www.quotationreference.com/subject_index.php

http://en.thinkexist.com/topics/

21st Century Skills

21st Century Skills by Apple

Background as to why to move to 21st Century Skills are in this video:
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8416a242f40fb7d7f338

Facts
• The number of text messages sent and received today exceeds the population of the planet.
• There were more than 2.7 billion searches performed on Google. . . this month 2,700,000,000.
• More than 50% of US 21 year-olds have. . . created content on the web.
• More than 70% of US 4 year olds have. . . used a computer.
• Our kids are entertainment technology savvy not educational technology savvy.

What are 21st Century Skills:
• Figuring out the right questions and using skills to solve new problems
• Working in teams
• Working across disciplines
• Learning how to find, communicate and apply information
• Initiative and leadership in "flat" organizations and taking responsible risks
• Managing time and commitments - prioritization and flexible time
• Interacting in a multimedia, graphics-based environment
• Working with left and right sides of the brain together
- Tony Wagner, Harvard

Virtual Field Trips

Here is a great site to look at Virtual Field Trips.

http://www.edutopia.org/virtual-field-trips