Middle School Matters

MSM 499: Whistle, not while you work, but at home and on Video Troy and Shawn discuss video options and thoughts. Dave engineers the science. Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) What is Engineering? Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Emoji Writing Prompts https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2016/11/emoji-writing-prompts.html#annotations:GrjKjHdxEeu1oUP2D6HMsA Resources: 75 Questions Students Can Ask Themselves Before, During, and After a Lesson. https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/questions-students-ask-before-during-after-teaching/?fbclid=IwAR20GZxB7zRHbT01nNpC5r7W-NIz1jJ3_6v9Ui9Qc_3r_0VXlkRMQWPFz-0 AXIS: The Culture Translator On Knowing Same Energy https://same.energy/ Web Spotlight: 1000 Fails Lead to a Single Success https://kottke.org/21/02/1000-fails-lead-to-a-single-success Random

MSM 498: Pin and Click - You told on yourself Jokes: Eileen Award: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute -- Pinterest http://k12science.net/pinterest/ Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: Word(s) of the Year - George Grant, wordsmith https://soundcloud.com/world-news-group/word-play-pandemic The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Toolkit for “Mathematics in Context: The Pedagogy of Liberation” https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/spring-2021/toolkit-for-mathematics-in-context-the-pedagogy-of-liberation#annotations:Wkb08m_8EeukKX_rM-MXIg Resources: The in-school push to fight misinformation from the outside world https://hechingerreport.org/the-in-school-push-to-fight-misinformation-from-the-outside-world/#annotations:ASbRzHCREeu7ri91FYG40Q Web Spotlight: Wad-Ja-Get https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs

MSM 497: TicToc Pasta Dancing Down By the Bayeux Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Middle School Students Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: Life Lessons from 100 Year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AThycGCakk&feature=emb_logo 9 habits of highly successful people, from a man who spent 5 years studying them https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/28/9-habits-of-highly-successful-people.html#annotations:cgwH4GsKEeufsRcgeHiMHg Free Bayeux App https://mymodernmet.com/historic-tale-construction-kit/#annotations:LZQgTmjeEeuhQ4MwaacqYQ The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Hold a School Dance . . . At Home . . . Resources: How to Spot Fake News https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-to-spot-fake-news/#annotations:TIGZ9GypEeu0sQcYollOVw 100-Plus Mentor Texts for Documenting Your Life in 2020 https://www.nyti

MSM 496: Crisis or Opportunity Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: The Big Fib (Formerly Pants On Fire) https://youtu.be/C1cMdXs6wG0 Where Are You From? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crAv5ttax2I#annotations:BsML9Gb2Eeuoun_1jQ-sIA The World’s Most Dangerous Fart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfttRfTmtuE&feature=emb_logo The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: It’s a “Selfie” Thing: The Role of Artifacts in Teacher Evaluation https://www.amle.org/its-a-selfie-thing-the-role-of-artifacts-in-teacher-evaluation/ 17 Bellringer Activities for Remote Learning https://hookedoninnovation.com/2021/02/04/17-bell-ringer-activities-for-remote-learning/ Scheduling https://catlintucker.com/2021/02/hybrid-schedule/ Resources: Primary Source Sources for Primary Source of the Day . . . Identifying child

MSM 495: Online Learning is the New Coke Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Meteorology Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: Along - SEL Software for the COVID Era https://www.along.org/ The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Teacher Health: Sleepwatch App https://www.sleepwatchapp.com/ Primary Source of the Day: A Warm-Up Activity Resources: Backyard Meteorology https://online-learning.harvard.edu/course/backyard-meteorology-science-weather?delta=1 Web Spotlight: Random Thoughts . . . Mastodon - open source Twitter like experience. Follow me https://scholar.social/@troypatterson

MSM 494: Just Don’t Break Federal Law Jokes: Eileen Award: WeChat: Becessie of Shijiazhuang Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Interdisciplinary Science Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: 5 Ways to Take the Distance Out of Distance Learning https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-ways-take-some-distance-out-distance-learning Low-Tech Scientific Exploration for Students at Home https://www.edutopia.org/article/low-tech-scientific-exploration-students-home#annotations:cAc2-lstEeuwAmOE6WFKog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS5fTzMP_mg Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d5iRi2ooD5n9coC3JFv_h37Qjf2GT0v8tJP5fDFxssk/preview?pru=AAABdwE7O4E*yseDaIYDQAlBMb_8zxvhNw Interdisciplinary At Work! Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments Aren’t Blank https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dead-sea-scrolls-reveal-invisible-text-1865685?fbc

MSM 493: Day, Night, Hold on a Minute (or 59 seconds) Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) The Day-Night Cycle Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Resources: Plagiarism Checker https://searchenginereports.net/plagiarism-checker#annotations:-BQGZlSGEeuviCdTLZ7b0w The University of Vilnius puts documents online for FREE! Music for a Pandemic Baroque: https://youtu.be/CuU9q2VKOyc Stay at home with Tchaikovsky: https://youtu.be/uN4ty0xlqp8 Sponsor a Musician: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/falsobordone/1350-music-for-a-plague/description Web Spotlight: How to Be Talent https://leo.fm/2020/09/talent/#annotations:SmPXRlavEeupQi_KuVAVCQ Why Scientists Want to Shorten the Minute to 59 Seconds https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a35165130/leap-second-shorten-minute-earth-rotation/ Looks Aren’t Everything, Be

MSM 492: Insta is the new Santa? Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) What a Year! I was recently reading the November/December 2020 issue of “Science and Children” a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the “Editor’s Note” column written by Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn. Her article was entitled “What a Year.” Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: Ira Glass on Storytelling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2wLP0izeJE https://vimeo.com/24715531 The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: General Principles of Virtual Learning - Georgia State University https://gpl.gsu.edu/files/2020/07/Virtual-Learning_Literature-Review_20200707_FINAL.pdf Could we make the case for additional Encore classes in Social Studies? https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/resources/social-studies-instruction-and-reading-comprehens

MSM 491: France is Bacon...Another Lie I Tell Future Me. Jokes: Advisory: SURPRISE (NOT)! NEW STUDY FINDS APPLYING ASSET-BASED INSTRUCTION HELPS BLACK YOUTH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/12/26/surprise-not-new-study-finds-applying-asset-based-instruction-helps-black-youth-academic-achievement/ Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Count Birds for Science This Winter with Project FeederWatch https://feederwatch.org Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Unit of Inquiry Planning Process and Resources (open) https://docs.google.com/document/d/11GP5Ht6Mghm5hylfOB7JtdoTKS4IWJViVHUV6OrsiSM/edit#annotations:0VFJtkPyEeuFQGv1kX8gsQ Resources: Standard Ebooks https://standardebooks.org/#annotations:IRO9KkPqEeu1ytMDZLevIg 40 Excellent Short Stories For Middle School https://www.rethinkela.com/2014/05

MSM 490: The Blob Opera, Can I get you off task…. Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) K12Science Podcast on Traditional Science Songs and Science http://k12science.net/scienceexplosion/songs Happy Holidays! Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: Identical Twins Who Look Nothing Alike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Hp3HnS8M4&feature=emb_logo The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Formative and Summative Assessment in a Hybrid Classroom https://www.edutopia.org/article/formative-and-summative-assessment-hybrid-classroom Resources: Welcome to the launch of Enslaved.org https://enslaved.org/#annotations:Wmr3NDypEeuy9Dund5P7hQ Web Spotlight: Pocket Casts App https://www.pocketcasts.com/podcast-player/ How Ending Behavior Rewards Helped One School Focus on Student Motivation and Character https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/48578/how-endin

MSM 489: It’s a 50/50 . . . Jokes: Reports from the Front Lines I’m Worried About My Students https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/12/05/im-worried-about-my-students-very-worried-and-here-is-what-im-planning-to-do-about-it/ The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: New Year’s Resolutions Forbes- Seven Strategies Time - Make New Year’s Stick If You Come to Earth https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/12/05/if-you-come-to-earth-sophie-blackall/ Resources: Google Books https://books.google.com/ Others: https://www.gutenberg.org/ https://librivox.org/ Web Spotlight: Stipple Art StippleGen is a free, open source, and cross-platform application from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories that can create stipple drawings and “TSP art,” from image files. https://wiki.evilmadscientist.com/StippleGen It’s Time to Stop Posting Lesson Plans https://www.weareteachers.com/stop-requiring-lesson-plans/

MSM 488: The Fungus, Among Us... Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World Part 3 Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Advisory: Interviews https://slate.com/tag/interview-with-an-old-person Resources: Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/30/travel/ghosts-of-segregation.html#annotations:lhEBZjWNEeu0MldgoMvrew PDFDrive https://www.pdfdrive.com/#annotations:lYrv5DHiEeuU1gMPWhg22w Web Spotlight: Looks Like You Need Iceland https://lookslikeyouneediceland.com/#annotations:vhTibDV1EeuZu0fVlSD_Bw Royalty Now https://www.bigedition.com/s/royalty-now-saladin-portraits-911a9ad5bd644975 Random Thoughts . . . Check out these other Podcasts/Resources that we like: ArchiTechs of Learning: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/

MSM 487: Linguee-knee and Its Raining in Germany Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World, Part 2 Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: The Twitterverse #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Resources: LingueeTranslation with lots of details. https://www.linguee.com/#annotations:hW5X9DGIEeufMTt_bE8JSQ Bill of Rights Institute - Free eCivics Book! American Battlefield Trust - Gettysburg AR Experience https://www.battlefields.org/visit/mobile-apps/gettysburg-ar-experience?fbclid=IwAR1UY5DqaTDIegzL9yFQtqjLtVStOYDE803MyUFfm3c8u7CeX6C-7PAX7XQ Other mobile apps from ABT: https://www.battlefields.org/visit/mobile-apps Open Source - Public Discourse Unit https://goopenmichigan.org/courses/public-discourse-unit Julia Child, The French Chef, 1963 Tuttle Twins Series (Economic Principles in Story Form) On Sale: https://tuttletwi

MSM 486: We’ve done too much with sowing Discord. Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World Part 1 Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: Get To Know Your Students Better https://www.edutopia.org/article/6-exercises-get-know-your-students-better-and-increase-their-engagement#annotations:Fwn4dCqNEeuqurPfi8w4Zg The Twitterverse Don’t forget #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm. Strategies: 56 Ways to Gather Evidence of Student Achievement https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nzhdnyMQmio5lNT75ITB45rHyLISHEEHZlHTWJRqLmQ/pub?slide=id.p Redefining Annotation https://ditchthattextbook.com/redefining-annotation-ditch-that-pdf-and-hyper-annotate/#annotations:nM7zdCtQEeujoZsts2gahg Resources: Slides Timer https://jakemiller.net/slides-timer-extension/#annotations:1x9gDitLEeu5i4dfbtoI1Q Summarizing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jC7CnwsfH28JOutuuTdC1Peh2IncYq1z2btx

MSM 485: Copy/Copy/Copy Conundrum - My Evil Twin Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Using Literature in the Science Classroom Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: The Twitterverse Pernille Ripp @pernilleripp Don’t forget #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm. Join host Todd Bloch for a scintillating discussion! Strategies: Why Do Teachers Love Sad Books Like Where the Red Fern Grows? https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/11/why-teachers-make-kids-read-sad-books.html#annotations:trRFMiTjEeuosH8yiIvCVw Resources: Math Language/Content Objectives https://robertkaplinsky.com/content-and-language-objectives-using-the-standards-for-mathematical-practice/ Formative Assessment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfAutEWaqOE&feature=emb_logo https://www.dropbox.com/s/qzntgblfkrptpau/DVD2.pptx?dl=0 ELL Support https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/11/10/thirteen-instructional-strategies-web-tools-to-supp

MSM 484: Digital Learning - It’s about time. Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Formative Assessment Probes Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: Media Multitasking Disrupts Memory, Even in Young Adults https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/media-multitasking-disrupts-memory-even-in-young-adults/#annotations:z540oh-fEeu83weTHLtaLA The Twitterverse Don’t forget #mschat on Thursdays at 8:00 pm EST. Strategies: The Neuroscience of Viewing Your Past Like a Fly on the Wall https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/202008/the-neuroscience-viewing-your-past-fly-the-wall#annotations:Z5vkUh-bEeuykJurHa6Pug Resources: Among Us Template https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1r0IYtaTi8bOoKkP9rdKM6pYV9yP7W1PxF2jmHxt83dc/edit?usp=sharing Critical Reading: 50 Sentence Stems To Help Students Talk About What They Read https://www.teachthought.com/critical-thinking/critical-reading-sentence-st

MSM 483: Straight to Lazy . . . Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: The New Normal AND, A SPECIAL “Happy Birthday” to the one and only, the fantastic, Mr. Dave Bydlowski. Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Don’t forget #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm! Todd Bloch will have a topic all ready to go and another great discussion will ensue. Strategies: 20 juicy questions to ask students (#5 will REALLY get them talking!) https://ditchthattextbook.com/juicy-questions/#annotations:hGaeWBYgEeukDeMN8dPRKg Resources: IDA Treaties Explorer https://digitreaties.org/

MSM 482: Kitchen Culture Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Online Educator Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Eric Curts @ericcurts Video Series: How to Use Google Hangouts Meet https://controlaltachieve.com/2020/03/meet-videos.html… #GSuiteEDU #ControlAltAchieve Don’t foget #MSCHAT every Thursday at 8:00 pm EST! Strategies: Anki https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Resources: How Are American Teachers Doing, Really? https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2020/10/11/how-are-american-teachers-doing-really/?fbclid=IwAR0XsVJGshSCXTaaaFQjfNt57OrcsnuaOXIa056Sv994gGkAfLmZeevFJrs#70f2b80c79fd Armistice Day https://armistice-day.bbcrewind.co.uk/#/ Web Spotlight: Factitious http://factitious.augamestudio.com/#/ Spot the Troll https://spotthetroll.org/start#annotations:FZXCChV8Eeuct5tGrP_pDw Bad News From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? Get as many followers as you can. https://www.getbadnews.co

MSM 481: Things That I Don’t Talk About with The Other 7th Grade Teachers Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Science and Art I was recently reading the July/August, 2020 issue of “Science and Children” a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the “Science 101“ column written by Matt Bobrowsky. His article was entitled “What’s a Fun Activity that Combines Science with Art?” Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Web Spotlight: How US schools punish Black kids | 2020 Election https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFJ37ri-Saw

MSM 480: Now when you hear the creaking, it’s just my bones! Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Middle School Science Minute: Citizen Scientists Reports from the Front Lines The Twitterverse Resources: Together, Apart, and “Among Us” Online Thinking Routines https://catlintucker.com/2020/09/online-learning-thinking-routines/ Web Spotlight: These Are Words Scholars Should No Longer Use to Describe Slavery and the Civil War http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/160266