Article posted October 26, 2009 at 02:51 AM GMT0 •
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After three days of design and construction time, our monster, named Psycho Maniac is comfortably on the wall at the top of the stairway on the 3rd floor of Eugene Field School. He is a friendly greeter to all who travel the long distance up three flights of stairs to get to the highest point in our building. All went well with the sketching and practicing, but building the skateboard proved to be a very hard problem. The wheels kept falling off. Being stubborn problem-solvers, our team sorted out the difficulty, changed the design slightly, and added four blue wheels using pipe cleaners. The passport was another problem, because no one in our class knew what a passport was! Again, the problem was soon solved by a clever team of girls! If you want to see more monsters, go to the Monsters 2009 project site.
Here is a Monster Movie mp3 example by Billy and Davion for:Don't Answer the Phone! - More of these will be appearing on the Monster project Stories and Videos page.
Article posted October 26, 2009 at 02:51 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted October 2, 2009 at 04:32 AM GMT0 •
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So...right in the middle of Abbie's Book Talk, a phenomenon begins right outside our window. As any curious learner would do, we dropped everything and observed the following amazing sight. Please comment and tell us: (1) Why the birds went into the chimney and (2) Why they came out in such a frenzy.
Article posted October 2, 2009 at 04:32 AM GMT0 •
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Article posted May 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM GMT0 •
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Roasted squid in a can - don't those words bring wonderful thoughts into your mind - or not? Our friends from Taiwan sent us the squid and it was time to crack the can open. Here are some of our observations and reactions.
I had a great 4th grade this year and will miss them All!
Article posted May 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted May 7, 2009 at 09:36 PM GMT0 •
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Our first hiking date was canceled due to thunderstorms, but on May 6 we had beautiful sunny weather in Fall Creek Gorge Park near Payson, Illinois. Students had fun gathering math/science data in nature, exercising, and splashing in clear, cold creek water.
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Article posted April 19, 2009 at 07:51 PM GMT0 •
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This video shows the Members of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, the world's first orchestra chosen by auditions on-line. Over 3,000 musicians sent in videos of themselves playing their instruments. Orchestra judges selected the finalists, then YouTube viewers voted on the ones they thought should be in this special orchestra. The musicians in this video gathered for the performance in New York City at Carnegie Hall with conductor Tan Dun to do a symphony called Eroica on April 15, 2009. The musicians only had three days to rehearse for their performance! Watch and see how many instruments you can identify that have been played in your school. Do you see any unusual instruments?
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Article posted March 9, 2009 at 01:49 PM GMT0 •
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This is a brief clip from our classroom Technology Day. We were exploring examples of technology in our daily lives, home and school. In this video, we are testing the range of the Nintendo DS Lite device - a "toy." The objective is to understand the word network.
Article posted March 9, 2009 at 01:49 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted February 2, 2009 at 03:39 PM GMT0 •
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You can leave comments on this Voicethread.Click on my small picture to see the words I wrote. Click the arrow on the bottom right to move through the pictures like a slideshow. If you click directly on the picture, you can zoom in and out and move around in the picture. If you want to go to the main Voicethread site, then click HERE and you will be able to leave your comments alongside each photo. If you have a microphone, you can leave a voice comment. If not, you can type in a text comment.
A Get Well song from kids at St. Oswald's Primary in Burneside, England.
This is a little different than the usual postings found on our blog page. I am away from my class today and I miss the kids. I am in a hospital in New Orleans and I want to share some of the kidney adventures that are happening right now. The first photo is one day after my wife Mary donated one of her kidneys to her good friend Amy. Donor and Recipient are in New Orleans, Louisiana at a hospital called Ochsner.
What Are Kidneys? - "Your kidneys are bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist. They are located near the middle of your back, just below the rib cage. The kidneys are sophisticated reprocessing machines. Every day, your kidneys process about 200 quarts of blood to sift out about 2 quarts of waste products and extra water. The waste and extra water become urine, which flows to your bladder through tubes called ureters. Your bladder stores urine until you go to the bathroom."
For more information, go to YouTube and search on kidney transplants.
Article posted February 2, 2009 at 03:39 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted December 16, 2008 at 07:11 PM GMT0 •
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We are underway with Quest Atlantis...a virtual world of adventures and quests based on seven social commitments: creative expression, diversity affirmation, personal agency, social responsibility, environmental awareness, healthy communities, and compassionate wisdom.
Article posted December 16, 2008 at 07:11 PM GMT0 •
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About the Blogger From NPR: Letters to President Obama from students in the 4th, 5th and 6th grades at Eagle's Nest Intermediate School on the Navajo Nation reservation in Tuba City, Arizona.