Blogs

Francis D. Pastorius Elementary School is located at Chelten Avenue and Sprague Street. It is in an urban setting and goes from kindergarten to seventh. I wanted to do a blog on resources in the neighborhood because many of our students are not exposed to the many treasures in their own community.

It is not a secret, neighborhoods change and I think that my students would find it interesting to see how their neighborhood has changed. I have below two maps that shows how the immediate neighborhood change from 1871 to 1895.

http://www.recycleworks.org/kids/decomposers.html

I have been fascinated by the process of decomposition for several years. Last week, deceased Tammy Faye Baker, appearing on Larrry King Live, said that they reason she wanted to be creamated*(this should be cremated) was because she didn't want the bugs to eat her! I decided several years ago, and have instructed my funeral director that I want to be buried in a pine box- so the bugs will eat me!

Kids for Science

Great sites with topics such as: Kids for Trees, The Garden, Weather & Atmosphere, Terrestrial Ecosystems & Habitats, Fun With Physics, and more!

http://www.kids-courier.com/kids_learning/science/science

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Water Cycle

Information about water and other environmental issues - see Thirstin

http://clasnews.clas.ufl.edu/clasnotes/clasnotes/9906/woolard.text.gif

poem

From "Theories/Practices of Blogging,"
(Reconstruction Vol. 6, No. 4, 2006)

Who blogs? (Tori, Angela, Joyce, Judith, Diane, Ben)

Who reads blogs?

Why might you (if you do or don't)?

(from It's a Small World on Flickr-Photo Sharing!)

Photo Gallery One:
Us and the Maps we Shared,
Locating Ourselves in the World

Science and a Sense of Place, 2007

Ecosystems and how they operate!

pictures from http://www.algenta.com/assets/data/ecology.png

http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/science/biology/ecology/

This is an excellent site for teachers, students, and parents to use for creative labs in the ecology/biology classroom! There are free items that you can use for your students grades K-12.