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Three Board Palm Strike
Added: 12th March 2010
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A science demonstration about forces culminating in a three board palm strike like I learned in Tae Kwon Do.

Tags: science forces inertia
What Makes Day and Night?
Added: 19th February 2010
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Views: 303
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A stop-motion video explaining the cause of day and night.

Tags: rotate solar system day night sun space astronomy
Be Responsible When Partnerin
Added: 2nd February 2010
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Views: 222
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Student interpretation of PBIS expectations for our school.

Tags: pbis respect responsibility
Be Responsible When Leaving School
Added: 1st February 2010
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Views: 146
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Student interpretation of PBIS expectations at our school.

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Be Responsible in the Classroom
Added: 1st February 2010
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Student interpretation of PBIS expectations for our school.

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Be  Respectful on the Playground
Added: 1st February 2010
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Views: 148
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Student interpretation of PBIS expectations for our school.

Tags: pbis playground respect
Comparing and Ordering Fractions
Added: 17th December 2009
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Views: 235
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Used pictures to build or review the concept, then shows how to find a common denominator using common multiples.

Tags: math fractions compare order
Equivalent Fractions with Pictures
Added: 14th December 2009
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Views: 165
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Learn to use fraction bars to find equivalent fractions.

Tags: math fractions equivalent
Understanding Decimal Patterns
Added: 7th December 2009
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Views: 165
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Learn to multiply a decimal by 10, 100, and 1000.

Tags: math multiplication multiply decimal
Estimating a Decimal Product
Added: 1st December 2009
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Views: 175
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Uses rounding and/or compatible numbers to find a high and low estimate for a decimal product.

Tags: math multiplication multiply decimal estimate estimation product
Finding the Least Common Multiple (LCM)
Added: 30th November 2009
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Views: 228
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Two examples of how to find the least common multiple or common multiples.

Tags: math multiple lcm common least fraction reduce simplest
The Distributive Property of Multiplication
Added: 30th November 2009
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Views: 194
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Introduction and examples of the distributive property. Two examples uses the expanded form of the number and one examples uses subtraction. Produced for my 5th grade students.

Tags: math multiplication multiply distributive property
Sunrise Through the Year
Added: 24th November 2009
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Views: 320
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The video documents the changing location of the sunrise from the same location outside my school for a whole year. I started with the first day of winter and ended on the first day of winter a year later. I was able to get a picture on all of the four special first days of all the seasons.

Tags: space earth sun astronomy
A Scale Journey Through the Solar System
Added: 24th November 2009
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Views: 369
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My class created a scale model of the solar system where 1 yard=14.4 million miles. You'll learn the distances between planets and their sizes at this scale.

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From One to a Billion
Added: 24th November 2009
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Views: 230
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Stop motion animation showing a ones cube's journey to becoming a ten, hundred--all the way to a billion cube.

Tags: plave value math tens hundred thousand billion million
Add Zeros When Necessary when Multiplying Decimals
Added: 23rd November 2009
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Views: 110
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This shows those occasions where you have to add zeros to your answer to accomodate the number of places you have to move over to place the decimal point in the product.

Tags: math decimals multiply multiplication
Multiplying a Decimal Times a Decimal
Added: 23rd November 2009
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Views: 99
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Multiplying decimals times decimals with an emphasis on where to place the decimal in the answer and a discussion on why the answer can be smaller than what you started with.

Tags: math multiply multiplication decimal
Multiplying a Decimal Times a Whole Number
Added: 23rd November 2009
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Views: 138
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Multiplying a decimal times a whole number. Examples of the decimal on the top and bottom are used with emphasis on how to place the decimal in the answer.

Tags: math multiply multiplication decimal
Multiply by a 2-Digit Number
Added: 23rd November 2009
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Views: 147
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Explains how to multiply by 2-digit numbers. Shows examples up to 4-digit by 2-digit.

Tags: math multiply multiplication
1 Digit Multiplication
Added: 23rd November 2009
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Views: 110
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Starts at 1-digit times one-digit and works up to 4-digit times 1-digit.

Tags: math mutiply multiplication
Fred the Bully
Added: 21st October 2008
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Views: 315
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Created by Ms. Klein for a graduate class called Teaching ESL with Technology. This is a great example of creativity and the power of a digital story to get students engaged. It sets up the conflict with the Colonies and England over freedom of religion and taxes.

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America Is...
Added: 10th October 2008
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Views: 748
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Poem by Louise Borden. I've added images to make a movie illustrating the poem. This is the chapter 1 opener poem for the 4th grade Harcourt Social Studies text.

Tags: america poem poetry social studies Harcourt
Making a Cylinder and Cone
Added: 29th September 2008
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Views: 411
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Used the SMART Board to make a cylinder and cone and explain that they are circles or the same of slightly smaller sizes.

Tags: math cylinder cone geometry SMARTboard SMART board
Clouds Over Chicago
Added: 29th September 2008
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Views: 334
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This cloud bank was over my school one Friday morning. It appears to be two air masses colliding. It rained the rest of the weekend. The rain was actually the remnants of Hurricane Ike that hit Galveston/Houston, Texas a few days before. Look at the ridge in the bottom of the clouds where they...

Tags: clouds, meteorology, weather
A Brave New World Wide Web
Added: 29th September 2008
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Views: 550
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Great video on the power of the internet to connect, communicate, and learn from each other. Kind of like we can do on this site!

Tags: web 2.0, learning community, network, professional development