Watch Out for Space Junk!With more and more responsibilities and testing pressures~ current events may be getting pushed into the background in importance. If this is the case~ you can place a news story on the board as you are doing attendance~...
I've posted many different career surveys(they are all free)...check them out at my website for teachers/young people at this link:http://gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?careers.html Here is the latest posting...Peter Kirk~ Chairman of the British...
The invasion of the Giant Snails sounds like a science fiction movie title but in Florida~ it's very real. The giant African land snail has invaded the state and since they have no natural enemies~ the snails are causing quite a problem. As their...
Although I love winter(I am a skier)~ I am SO VERY MUCH looking forward to the return of my beautiful and colorful flowers to return to my gardens. Daffodils are starting to sprout through the surface as are some of my tulips. Color is slowly...
Banning Dodge Ball?A New Hampshire school district has banned the game many of us grew up playing and probably supervised during recess as adults. The school board felt that the game~ which involves human targets~ is not appropriate. Some people are...
In the News-Gustave Whitehead is being credited as having the FIRST successful powered flight in history(Bridgeport~ CT~ on August 14~ 1901)~ two years before the Wright Brothers~ by Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Whitehead's craft~ called the...
What's on YOUR teacher desk?" If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind~ of what~then~ is an empty desk a sign?" Albert EinsteinIf someone came and sat down at YOUR desk~ what would be THREE things on your desk that they would notice?(other...
When I was in China in 2011~ I brought one of the bears a student gave me when I retired. At first I felt a bit self-conscious when I took her out of my backpack to get pics of her at the different sights in China. My tour group eventually started...
Have a great quote that you'd like to share with your students?Many years ago~ Dick's Sporting Goods had a commercial with a quote that I thought really summed things up..."Life is not a Spectator Sport!"I tried to instill that thought with my...
Ever wonder what it's like to be a beekeeper~ especially one in charge of the White House bees? Charlie Brandts says the beehive near the First Lady's office averages about 175 pounds of honey each year. The honey is used for special events at the...