Hall-Dale School District | MSAD 16

Reaching for the Future

Scale

Here is a great tool for giving your students a sense of scale...

From 10^-14 to 10^27 meters.

Just click on the time-line at the bottom of the screen to zero in on a specific size.

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Welcome to the Human Network Network

While this video was produced by Cisco, one of the largest networking equipment companies in the world, it illustrates the connectivity around the globe that is happening today.

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Visit Wired Science

Visit Wired Science for some cutting edge developments in science, technology and our environment.

Wired Science

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Scratch here!

As a little extra feature, I added “Scratch” to the Middle School laptop image this year.
Scratch is a great little program developed by MIT for uses in K-12 education for teaching basic math, programming skills, & story-telling in a fun and interactive environment.
Utilizing a ‘visual programming’ environment, students can easily control on-screen objects (sprites) through simple drag & drop, snap-together programming blocks.
Students can construct simple movements of graphics using polar coordinates, degrees of rotation, etc. or they can construct complete projects combining art & graphics, storytelling, simulations or even games.

Just show ‘em a few basic commands, and the kids will experiment, discover, and share on their own!

To get Scratch loaded on your laptop stop by the IT room to have your machine re-imaged, or we can just install the program on your existing laptop image.

For further information about Scratch:

A basic ”Getting Started tutoriall for Scratch”
A gallery of student work
Other How-to information:
A forum for discussions about how to use Scratch.

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Language Arts, & Foreign language podcasts

Are you familiar with all the language arts podcasts out there?

CoffeeBreak Spanish
French Pod class
French for Beginners
JapanesePod101
Learn French Daily Podcast
LearnItalianPodcast

oh, yes and for english there is:
Grammer Girl’s Quick and Dirty , tips for better writing

This is just a sampling. Check out these and many other titles!

Clue your students in on these resources for additional tutoring.

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What’s a meter?

Here is a quick info-graphic which depicts the definition of various metric weights and measures.
I particulary enjoyed the fact that the only 3 countries which do not use the metric system are: Liberia, Myanmar, and the USA.

weights and measures

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