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lfischler: Loving all the family time.
lfischler: @ghtravelblog When will you actually know about Russia? When you get there?
lfischler: Recovering from Thanksgiving dinner!
lisascience: Try to beat my food chain game score. I dare you!
Ever since we played this game in kids have been trying to beat the highest score. Some of you have posted saying you got “99999999999999999999999999999″… OK, well, this is Lisa’s top score. 98 po...
lisascience: Enjoying reading all the kids' comments on the website!
lisascience: Adding Meerkat Manor clips to the website...
Meerkat Manor mostly is about a family of meerkats called the Whiskers. The other family that is against them is called the Lazuli. The leader of the Whiskers is Flower. A cool fact is that the fe...
lfischler: @ghtravelblog Do you know I've never been anywhere that requires a visa? That would be a new travel experience for me!
lisascience: Finally updating the website with selections from the Great Wall of Questions. Coming soon: answers!!
lfischler: @ghtravelblog I would go for the passport stamp alone!
lfischler: Relaxing for a change. Now that's change we need!
lfischler: Overheard at the AMNH: "Look! Those frogs are kissing!" "No honey, they're probably just wrestling." "No, they're kissing! I saw them..."
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lfischler: Participating in World Run Day!
3:30 pm back on Eastern Time (in Bogota) My nerves are quite frayed but I’m slowly recovering. I had to go through immigration and customs and then - most ridiculous of all - had to exit the airpor...
waiting to board flight from Buenos Aires –> Bogota Aerolineas Argentinas is the stupidest and most incompetent airline I think I’ve ever flown. Far worse than even American Airlines in the Caribbe...
1. Thou shalt utilize the flat screen TVs to deliver timely and accurate flight information, including gate numbers. Thou shalt NOT broadcast advertisements and other inanities on endless repeat at...
3:06 am Buenos Aires local time I really think that Jorge Newbery must be one of the stupidest airports I’ve ever been in. They made us disembark right on the runways and get on buses. In the pouri...
The morning after the election, everyone straggled into school haggard and exhausted. Several kids said that they couldn’t get to sleep or were woken up by celebrating on the streets of the city ou...
lfischler: Lisa's kids elect Obama in MASSIVE landslide!
1. How warm it was. It rarely got below freezing. The wind could certainly make it feel much colder, but the actual ambient temp. was probably warmer than what New York had. 2. The distances betwee...
almost 11 am - We’ve been off the boat for a few hrs. and I’ve been around Ushuaia - first at the internet cafe, then wandering around a bit aimlessly. I’ve nearly burst into tears several times th...
lfischler: Making great progress on the musical. The script will be ready for Friday's rehearsal.
early afternoon - I’ve spent most of the day feeling pretty ill, but now I have some pretzels in my stomach and I’m sitting outside on Deck 4 watching the waves churn and sparkle in the sunlight, a...
Work on the script for the show. There are several scenes that have been “in progress” for ages, and it’s time to actually finish them. I have lunch meetings scheduled with kids for every day this...
lisascience: Updating the churchillscience website with some of the games we've done in recently!
lfischler: Can't believe it's almost November! The school year is picking up speed. Still writing the musical w/lots of kid input.
Last fall we began a display outside the science room called the Great Wall of Questions. The original inspiration occurred when I noticed that some of my students were really laboring to articulat...
I feel like a stranger here, even though this site’s got my name right in the URL. Basically, I’ve been working. Pretty much non-stop. It’s work in the best, most fulfilling sense - on any given da...
lfischler: Writing the school musical!
lfischler: Working on the new & improved syllabus for the new semester which starts this week.
lisascience: Making big plans for the start of school!
Blast Off to the Universe! Take a Ride to the Planets with Room 222 Here’s an awesome slideshow, set to music, made by the 222 Superstars during their solar system unit. Screenshots from the video:...
lfischler: @ghtravelblog Mostly we are dealing with little ones who don't know who the Prez is, much less parties...
lfischler: Received course feedback forms from the summer semester. Always interesting to see.
lfischler: @ghtravelblog Maybe for our 5th/6th graders.
lfischler: How will we teach about the election this fall? Thinking hard.
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lisascience: Making some progress on the Wall of Questions bulletin board. However I can already see that the questions will not FIT on the board!
lfischler: Tired today but hoping to gain energy as the day gets going.
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lfischler: Interviewing assistant teacher candidates.
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lfischler: Big meeting day but I hope we accomplish things.
lfischler: What a day - productive at least, if dramatic.
lfischler: It's go time! Back at work for a busy week.
lfischler: Taking a break and enjoying the summer day.
lfischler: Contemplating the course homepage and whether I need to create a whole new network, or just update the one that's gotten going. Hmm.
lisascience: Soon I'll be getting around to posting more questions by kids! The goal is to have all the June questions posted before Sept. 3.
Lisa thinks this question is asking about the first fully human child. But there are other ways to think about it too… Authored by Lisa. Hosted by Edublogs.
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lisascience: Fixing up http://churchillscience.edublogs.org.
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Click here to support me in my race for the cure for breast cancer! I last participated in this race several years ago and it is really overdue that I participate again.
lisascience: Visited the turtles at school today. Everyone now fed and happy!
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lisascience: Confirmed: Water on Mars! Could a discovery of life be next??
Water found on Mars! July 31st, 2008 What we’ve all been waiting for! Scientists have known for years that there might be water on Mars in the form of ice, but this is the first time that we have ...
To Whom It May Concern: I am writing to express my outrage at the recent comments made by Michael “Savage”, a radio host on Talk Radio Networks, targeting young children with autism and their famil...
lfischler: Wrapping up one semester, starting the next. I will be reviewing all final projects for July 2008 and emailing comments within the week.
lisascience: Turtle tank suffered a bacterial bloom - they'll be living in smaller tanks until we're back from vacation. Poor turtles seem to be OK now.
lisascience: Setting up the elementary school's main blog - http://churchillelementary.edublogs.org
lfischler: Thanks for a great semester!
lisascience: Which makes more sense - study space first, then planet Earth? Or study Earth's ecosystems first, and THEN space? Hmm.
lfischler: I'm now caught up on reading all of the student work that was submitted to me. Hoping to get a few stray papers still!
Lisa’s hint: think about the food chain… Authored by Lisa. Hosted by Edublogs.
lfischler: Preparing to give a workshop on Monday on improving reading fluency. Will post the slideshow online once the workshop's finished.
lisascience: I've started to hang up the new questions on the Great Wall. There are so many, we're going to have to cover the whole hallway. Again.
Lisa took this picture right after she put in the new halogen bulb. These turtles really like to bask! They are cold blooded, so they can’t make their bodies warm. They need the heat of the Sun - ...
lisascience: Feeding live crickets (ugh) to the lizard and frogs. Why does it bother me so much to feed insects to reptiles? I'm not a vegetarian either!
lfischler: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/business/06unbox.html - If You're Open To Growth, You Tend To Grow
lfischler: Thanks for another great chat - never knew eating in the cafeteria could be so complicated (-:
New Year’s Eve! about 7:45 new Argentina time - We switched over to daylight savings. It got a bit rocky last night as we entered the Drake Passage. We have breakfast at 8, and then I don’t know wh...
lfischler: It's Session 3 and our topic is Memory! Don't forget to participate! (haha)
The Fram saga continues. We have been asked to escort them back to Ushuaia, to be standins for the lifeboat that was crushed in the accident. So they are tagging along with us to Elephant Island. W...
4:50 pm Quite a lot to catch up on. Last night we had a very enjoyable “two truths and a lie” competition between Hayley, Jacques and Ray - lots of insults flying around, and the whole thing ended...
Although there is a lot of excitement about Mars right now, we are busy studying other planets too. This image is of the surface of Mercury. This image (from NASA/JPL) shows craters and ”spidery” ...
lfischler: Sending out some friendly reminders about upcoming course due dates. Summer semester really speeds by fast!
Another zinger from Mr. Mark the Question King! Authored by Lisa. Hosted by Edublogs.
lfischler: Thanks for a great chat session! Hope to see more of you there next time!
Everyone’s been asking me what my big adventure for the summer is going to be - and I’ve had to break it to them that I am not traveling anywhere. At least not out of the country - I’m going campin...
lisascience: The turtles in the science room are the SILLIEST! All four of them piled up at one end of the tank to bask under the new halogen lamp.
lfischler: Chatting on the course homepage! come join us!
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lisascience: Took some photos of the school's garden - after I put new batteries in the camera, I can upload and post them. The garden is best in summer!
lisascience: Cleaning out the water filters in the turtle tank. Also: do frogs and lizards eat mealworms? If not, I have to buy live crickets! Ugh.
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lisascience: Question of the day: What if the Earth and Pluto switched places? In other words - what if Earth were REALLY far from the Sun?
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lisascience: Found a great video showing the ice and mentioning the composition of the soil. Go YouTube!
We spent a lot of time this year talking about whether there could be life on other planets. Now it looks like we are going to find out! Authored by churchillscience. Hosted by Edublogs.
lfischler: Getting close to the start of the semester. Last minute details to finish up. Our home page won't know what hit it!
lfischler: Added events and deadlines to the course homepage. Next project: finding a webcast service that can be embedded easily.
lfischler: Priorities for today: upload course events and deadlines, add handouts, and update slideshow about the "learning brain".
lisascience: Waiting to hear more about the results of the Mars digs. Will add video of the findings as soon as it's available!
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lisascience: Hmm... What should be the next Question of the Day? There are so many.
lfischler: Uploading videos and other content to the course's page at Ning. Can't wait to get some discussions started!
lfischler: One little bug on Ning at the moment - uploading profile and event photos. Once that's fixed, I can post "events" - course due dates!
lfischler: Set up new Ning network for developmental variations. This is going to be where we do most of our communicating as a group.
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The video is an excerpt from National Geographic and shows how Earth’s water came from several sources - including outer space! Authored by churchillscience. Hosted by Edublogs.
lfischler: One possible essential question for developmental variations: Are disabilities real?
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lfischler: "Can life exist on other planets?" was our essential question in science this year. Essential questions transform the experience!
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lfischler: Helping a student with her blog - trying to get a powerpoint to show up, and it isn't cooperating. Too bad, the slideshow's awesome.
lfischler: Working on course homepage - making decisions about interactive features and compressing sessions to fit into the summer format.
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lfischler: Churchill Science http://tinyurl.com/6quv87
Six months ago, I experienced the longest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. Six months later, here it is in the Northern. Here’s to sunlight!
Exciting news from Phoenix, the robot sent to the North Pole of Mars to dig for ice and liquid water. Ice has been found! At first scientists were not sure whether the photos showed ice or salt. Bu...
Mentos and Diet Coke: Room 226! Authored by churchillscience. Hosted by Edublogs.
This is our little theme song for goodbye: So long, farewellTo all our little friendsAu revoir, goodbye to you… (and you and you!)Even though we might not know you,So looooooooong! We really hate l...
For an of what this site might look like in the future, we invite you to visit our newly completed/archived blogs from winter/spring 2008: churchill219science.edublogs.org - Crazy Mad Science (.org...
lfischler: Last day of school for kids... work for teachers just begins.
It’s been a great school year! This site will stay up as a record of what we’ve done together. Have a great summer! Authored by Lisa Fischler. Hosted by Edublogs.
We are all 219 superstars. It is very sad to say goodbye because we’re leaving Cluster B. This is our last time being 219 because next year we will be in other You should keep on looking for scienc...
lfischler: Check out the Great Book of Questions! http://tinyurl.com/6y5zex
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