Let's use classtime to work on those geologic timelines. I am changing the due date to mid-week, next week. OKAY?
Good night. Teacher still sick. Teacher no check email the rest of tonight. Teacher go to nappy, now.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Hard to Log-in, Today!
I am late with the blog because I could not log-in. Have no idea, why. But, I'm here, now.
I've got a cold. Feel miserable. That darned Fausnaught! He must have breathed on me. He's been sick for several weeks. His entire clan is battling bug after bug.
My afternoon classes started a geological timeline. They cut four sheets of paper into five-cm strips, glued the ends together to make a 15-foot long strip. Then, they marked off every 10cm to represent 100 million years. Yeah, they started with 4.5 billion years ago. These kiddoes will work on the timeline tomorrow and possibly Friday.
My son bought a new external hard drive and gave me his old six gig external. However, I am really ill and did not play with he hard drive. The Tylenol cold medicine is kicking in and I am getting oh so groggy. Too groggy to converse with my daughter via Yahoo Messenger. Perhaps, her boyfriend will read this blog and pass that on to her. Her cell does not work in her dorm. The walls are hurricane-proof, three-feet thick. Signal stinks.
Have a good night.
I've got a cold. Feel miserable. That darned Fausnaught! He must have breathed on me. He's been sick for several weeks. His entire clan is battling bug after bug.
My afternoon classes started a geological timeline. They cut four sheets of paper into five-cm strips, glued the ends together to make a 15-foot long strip. Then, they marked off every 10cm to represent 100 million years. Yeah, they started with 4.5 billion years ago. These kiddoes will work on the timeline tomorrow and possibly Friday.
My son bought a new external hard drive and gave me his old six gig external. However, I am really ill and did not play with he hard drive. The Tylenol cold medicine is kicking in and I am getting oh so groggy. Too groggy to converse with my daughter via Yahoo Messenger. Perhaps, her boyfriend will read this blog and pass that on to her. Her cell does not work in her dorm. The walls are hurricane-proof, three-feet thick. Signal stinks.
Have a good night.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
I'd walk 16 days
Okay, we decided one mm equals one year. We used a trundle wheel set to click every meter (that's 1,000 mm). Therefore, one meter equals a millenium (1,000 years). We walked through the middle school and high school and only walked 350 meters. That's 350,000 years. Oh my! We would have to make three laps to equal 1 million years. -- I sent one volunteer to jog the distance. It took about two minutes. In the end, we calculated it would take 16 non-stop days of walking. Whew! The Earth is 'pert near as old as Mr. Z!
Have a great night.
Have a great night.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Using Microsoft Word to do blog
Boss’ Suggestion
Well, Mr. Fausnaught suggested writing my blog to Microsoft Word and then cut and past to the blog.
Composing a Personal Timeline
Some of the cherubs turned in their personal timelines, today. Some were really cool! A couple were sad, such as, one student that recalled the most memorable moment in his life was when his cat died, several years ago.
How much is a million?
Tomorrow, we will see how many pennies it takes to make a million, even a billion. However, that activity is web-based, particularly, if I had a million pennies, I most certainly would be retired and living on some tropical beach. To enhance the lesson, one millimeter is equal to a year. How far would we have to walk in the building until we counted a million millimeters? We’ll use a trundle wheel. Why do this? Well, Earth supposedly is 4.5 billion years old. Its hard to equate that number with something our meager senses can comprehend. If we scale it down to a measurable number we can do in class, then something should be learned.
Today’s Social Studies lesson?
Prayer in school. The textbook reviewed a wonderful Supreme Court case of Engle vs. Vitale, and we, decided to hold our own case based on the facts. One part of the class agreed with the court decision, while another group disagreed and a third group simply said, “I need more information.” Tomorrow, we debate.
Have a great night.
Well, Mr. Fausnaught suggested writing my blog to Microsoft Word and then cut and past to the blog.
Composing a Personal Timeline
Some of the cherubs turned in their personal timelines, today. Some were really cool! A couple were sad, such as, one student that recalled the most memorable moment in his life was when his cat died, several years ago.
How much is a million?
Tomorrow, we will see how many pennies it takes to make a million, even a billion. However, that activity is web-based, particularly, if I had a million pennies, I most certainly would be retired and living on some tropical beach. To enhance the lesson, one millimeter is equal to a year. How far would we have to walk in the building until we counted a million millimeters? We’ll use a trundle wheel. Why do this? Well, Earth supposedly is 4.5 billion years old. Its hard to equate that number with something our meager senses can comprehend. If we scale it down to a measurable number we can do in class, then something should be learned.
Today’s Social Studies lesson?
Prayer in school. The textbook reviewed a wonderful Supreme Court case of Engle vs. Vitale, and we, decided to hold our own case based on the facts. One part of the class agreed with the court decision, while another group disagreed and a third group simply said, “I need more information.” Tomorrow, we debate.
Have a great night.
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