Last week, President Barack Obama proposed free tuition to students at community colleges. Students would need to keep a 2.5 GPA to qualify for the free college program. The President said ”No one should be denied [a college education] because they...
I remember a few months ago, a black macaque swiped a camera and took a very cute selfie. A court case questioned the owner of the photograph. Was it the macaque's or the photographer that owned the camera. It was determined that being non-human,...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Bonne annee(French)
Frohes neues Jahr(Germany)
Felice anno nuovo(Italian)
Gott nytt ar(Swedish)
Feliz ano nuevo(Spanish)
Shana tova(Hebrew)
Hauoli makahiki...
Very Cool: Oldest Time Capsule in USA dates back to 1795! (Bell Ringer)
Perhaps, you can use this in your classrooms:
Using the News as a Bell Ringer Activity:
While fixing a leak, workers made an amazing discovery. What is being called the...
Seems Santa isn't the only one that relies on reindeer to get things done.Police in Siberia are thinking of a new way to fight crime...using reindeer!
Seems that snowmobiles are no match for chasing crooks in the deep snow and reindeer may be the...
Today, a person who is very tight with money, is often called a scrooge, after, the main character in A Christmas Carol. Did you know that several other words and phrases were coined by Charles Dickens?
Words and phrases such as "abuzz," "flummox...
Have kids draw/color a picture of a Christmas Tree. Exchange drawings with other students to write descriptive words on the back of the drawing. Encourage students to write descriptive phrases and not just one word. Using the comments, have the...
What Would YOU put in a "Digital Memory Box"?
A company in Great Britain is hoping to send a robotic vehicle to the Moon and land it on the South Pole of the Moon. Once at the location, the plan is to bore into the lunar surface down about 65...
Perhaps, this short bell ringer activity might be of interest:
Here's a little secret. Teachers love snow days, too! And, they may be a thing of the past as schools turn to technology. Imagine, a snow storm and school closed but students still...
Bell Ringer Activity
Ever have a day when you wished you could stay in bed? Andrew Iwanicki not only is staying in bed for one day but for THREE months! As part of a NASA program to study how bones and muscles react to long periods of...