Energy Unit Wordle!

Follow this link to a 'wordle' I made for the Physical Science Energy Unit. A ' wordle' is an art concept of terms associated with this unit of study:

Chemistry Unit

Students have just completed the Chemistry unit for 8th grade and will take the Billings Public School District Assessment on Wed., Dec. 17th. I'd like some feedback on the unit: did you learn the basics about the periodic chart of the elements from the videos, texts, or worksheets? Did you like the experiments with bleach, copper acetate and the borax crystals? What part of the textbook readings did you like or dislike the most? Can you suggest any other strategies? Give me some ideas on what helps learners the most!

Famous Scientists Poster Project

Students have just finished a major project in their science class that I hope integrates several different teaching skills. First and foremost, I hoped they would all learn more about famous scientists that contributed to the field of physical science. Students gained research skills, using traditional library resources, biographies, and internet search engines. They used their artistic abilities to design the symbol on the front of their poster and were encouraged to be creative and show unique style. Students had the opportunity to use the school laptops and develop word processing skills to type up their clues and use spell check, word art, etc. Finally, by presenting their posters to the entire class, students were exposed to up to 23 different scientists, using Google Earth to show the locations of where the scientists worked, and summarizing the key points of the scientist's contribution to the world. Selected posters will be hung up in the school hallways to provide recognition for the students for outstanding work.
Your feedback on this project is welcome. What did you like most about it? What would you do differently next time in writing your clues?

Let's Inspire, Cooperate, and Learn Together!

The energy of curious minds and the content of Physical Science will collide in a great start to a new school year! I am totally enthusiastic about having the opportunity to be your teacher! If you would like to contact me here is my school email account: leflerk@billings.k12.mt.us

Open communication will help develop the teamwork approach to learning that will lead to success!