The annual Postcard Contest sponsored by The Jimmy Carter NHS Education Program and The Peanut Institute is now underway. This year’s theme is Digging Peanuts in Plains: Home of the 39th President....
The Mars rover Curiosity has landed and is already sending back images and preparing for what is sure to be some fascinating exploration of a far away world. As some Georgia classrooms are back in...
Does healthier cafeteria food mean healthier eating choices for teachers too? Since I’m not in your school lunchrooms, I can’t say. But most teachers bring their own meals to school anyway. But it...
Thanks to the Mars Curiosity rover’s successful landing, the question of whether anything can live on Mars can be answered by science fact not just science fiction.
Your students can help NASA figure...
For many Georgians the school year has already started or is pretty close to beginning. Each new school year for your child is just as daunting as the last and every year I’m asked for advice by...
We’re celebrating the 7000th amphibian with a song from amphibiaweb. Amphibian number 7000 is a new glassfrog from Peru, Centrolene sabini (Catenazzi et al 2012), which was discovered at high...
It’s estimated that teachers spend more than $1.33 billion of their own money on school supplies. That’s according to an article in the Journal. Like the parents who are scouring for back to school...
In an earlier post, Heather Neal talked about using Pinterest to organize what you like on the internet, particularly subjects dealing with the Common Core. (By the way, if you are not on Pinterest...
It’s a scenario that teachers face all the time: a new student comes from another school. How did that student perform in his or her former school? Is that student ESL? How did he or she fare on...
