Ask a Scientist

This week, we had to ask a scientist a question. I never knew this website existed and would have loved to use it last year with my fifth graders. The website link is: http://www.hhmi.org/askascientist/

My question this week that I asked was: "If cancer is just a growth of irregular cells and seems so simple, why is it so hard to find a cure for cancer?" However, this was too complex of a question for the search engine on their page. So, I had to email it to a scientist and have not yet received a response.

I thought this was an incredibly cool page, however, that would be wonderful to introduce to a class during computer lab time. This would give students an opportunity to find a resource where they can find answers to their scientific questions.

Lastly, the interactive website I love to use is called Kidwings and I like to introduce this during computer lab time and during our Ecosystems unit. In this unit, we study animals, the food chain and many other things. One of the fun activities (and messy) I like to do with students is dissect owl pellets with them to see what type of rodents their owl ate. After we do the dissections, I take the students to the computer lab and we virtually dissect owl pellets and utilize prior knowledge of our lessons while doing this. It is really a great experience and one that is hard to forget. The website address to this is:

http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm

Check it out this week and also the Ask a Scientist website for a fun time!

A classmate and I recently discussed the difference between identical twins (monozygotic) and fraternal twins. Below, is a picture of my monozygotic twin and I when we were kids and also adults. There are differences, but a lot of similarities. :)

I believe I am the one on the left, but the jury is still out on that, since mom forgot to put the names on the back of the picture.

Now that we are older, I KNOW that I am on the left. LOL. My sister is tanner in this picture than me, and our personalities are pretty different. However, we still have the same mannerisms, voices and some aspects of our personalities. Therefore, people still get us mixed up. 

Hi there, everyone from Investigating the Living World (SCIE - 6662S - 1)

I hope you are all enjoying your evening. I just realized as I was looking through my wall that I failed to post the blog address that I had created. My apologies. I am excited to create a presentation and look forward to using Prezi. Although there are many other options to use as a presentation tool, I would like to try something new. In the past, I have made Powerpoints with my students and have used them at staff meetings while presenting. However, I would like to add another "tool" to my teachers "toolbox" with learning Prezi.

As far as science goes, is anyone following what is going on with the Curiosity rover on Mars? Pretty cool stuff if you ask me!