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Weekly Tips for Teachers
Issue 493: December 21, 2009
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This Week: Weather Teaching Guide
Weather Teacher Resources 1. Weather Teaching Guide
2. Weather Lesson Plans
3. Weather Worksheets
4. Rubrics & Rubric Maker
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Teaching Tip: Specific Weather Lesson Plan Ideas
By: Teachnology Staff

Here are some great ways to incorporate weather in your class.

1. Look at recent storms and the damage they have caused.
2. Track a storm from start to finish.
3. Using the scientific method, have students make predictions about storms.
4. Have students make precipitation graphs for your area.
5. Make windy things- windsocks, pinwheels, weather vanes.
6. Check out live cloud/weather cams.
7. Create a weather station.
8. Track and graph moods and weather.
9. Learn to use a barometer.
10. Compare the weather in areas of the world that have volcanoes to areas that don't have volcanoes.


This Week in History

1163: Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods.

1898: Scientists Pierre & Marie Curie discovers radium.

Teacher Inspiration and Humor
Teacher Inspiration
Inspiring Teacher Quote

"A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."

Alexander Pope


Jokes You Can Tell in Class

Why did the teacher wear sunglasses?

Because her class was just too bright!

What's Going on At teach-nology.com
Teachers: Planning Ahead?
Here are some resources for teachers who are planning ahead:

- Valentine's Day Teaching Theme
- President's Day Teaching Theme
- African-American History Month
- Inventor's Day
- National Women's History Month
- Read Across America Day
- St. Patrick's Day
- World Math Day
- National Agriculture Day
- Earth Day

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- kidsfreesouls - Pre-K Pages - Best Teacher Site Archives
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