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New Math – Percent, Ratio & Rate

Posted on November 2, 2010 by adelle

Percent – a way of expressing part of a number (usually out of 100) Ten Percent = 10 % = 10 out of 100 = 10/100 Ratio – a ratio shows the relative sizes of two or more values. It … Continue reading →

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How to travel through time…….and space (kinda)

Posted on October 26, 2010 by adelle

Some interesting stuff – check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SafwXdP7ylc&feature=related

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Global Warming 101

Posted on October 26, 2010 by adelle

Check out this excerpt from the BBC Series Planet Earth for a quick lesson on Global Warming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAbATJCugs&NR=1&feature=fvwp and for a little chuckle… the cartoon version from Inconvenient Truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1O34cqerqs&feature=related

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Fun with You Tube

Posted on October 26, 2010 by adelle

Some of my YouTube Faves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0Cazxj_yc Amazing people! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc9xq-TVyHI Amazing dog! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGe2cwsR-IQ Amazing kid! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLN63bRcY5I Amazing beatbox! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5eJkjMLIRM Amazing shark! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhVi4Z6CjZk Amazing slugs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVJVRywgmYM Amazing tribute! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q36_8s5z6S8 Amazing octopus! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqzHvcwJmQY Amazing movie! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0blU7Gh8xk&feature=fvsr Amazing snowboarding! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff0OamwpCdA Amazing mountain biking! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhTMJRNLFho … Continue reading →

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Genetic Engineering PowerPoint

Posted on October 23, 2010 by adelle

Genetic Engineering

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Changing Education Paradigms

Posted on October 22, 2010 by adelle

Check out this link to view an impressive animation and some food for thought…….. http://www.wimp.com/educationparadigms/

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Recommended Teacher Resource Websites

Posted on October 21, 2010 by adelle

Click on the links below for a fast track to some good educational web sites http://www.biologycorner.com/ http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

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Basic Anatomy

Posted on October 21, 2010 by adelle

Basic Anatomy – Tissues & Organs There are many different types of cells in the human body.  None of these cells function well on there own, they are part of the larger organism that is called – you. Tissues Cells … Continue reading →

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Square Roots

Posted on October 19, 2010 by adelle

This is the root symbol √ .  When it includes a number to the right of the symbol like this √4; it is telling us that we must perform the operation of finding the square root of that number. Finding … Continue reading →

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VIDEO – Cloning 101 – a funny video about genetic engineering

Posted on October 19, 2010 by adelle

Cloning from Here's Another Way of Looking At on Vimeo.

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