Mrs. Foster-Faith Living Environment

I have students do a regular current event assignment every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month. I believe in the importance of connecting your content to the outside world. There are three aspects of the assignment: a summary, connecting the content of the article to the curriculum (What unit?) and 3 reflective questions following reading the article.

• CNN - Science www.cnn.com/TECH/science/archive/index.html www.cnn.com/TECH/science/archive/index.html Posted July 1, 2009 at 11:37 AM

• NY Times - Science Times www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html Posted July 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM

• Yahoo! News - Science news.yahoo.com/science news.yahoo.com/science Posted July 1, 2009 at 11:40 AM

There are some tremendous simulations out there. Here are a few of my favorites.

• Cells Alive! www.cellsalive.com/ www.cellsalive.com/ Posted July 1, 2009 at 11:41 AM

This is one of the student's favorite "megaunits" (I divide it into 3 subunits). There are some wonderful resources out there for the students.

• National Geographic - Lungs and Breathing science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/lungs-article.html science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-body/lungs-article.html Posted July 1, 2009 at 11:43 AM

• How Stuff Works - Heart & Circulation health.howstuffworks.com/heart1.htm health.howstuffworks.com/heart1.htm Posted July 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM