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A Drinking Game that’s Become a Classroom Activity :)

Posted by Adrian on Jan-18-07

It’s a puzzle, it’s a mind bender, it’s a puzzle to solve but best of all it is a fantastic thinking task that uses heaps of skills and encourages motivation towards succeeding at difficult tasks.

In this problem solving activity the students have to blow a coin over the top of the glass but this puzzle is not as easy as you might imagine.

Read more about the task on my webpage and have fun with it.
Maybe get the teachers trying it in the Staffroom :)

Adrian

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Morning Tea for the Staff

Posted by Adrian on Jan-15-07
In my first month of teaching I was asked to provide a morning tea for the staff. You can imagine the look of abject terror that must have came over my face since I’d been living on beer and 2 minute noodles throughout my Uni life. I had no idea what to supply so I had to a bit of quick research.

So… for all those first year out teachers who are about to start here in Oz this is a great recipe that is simple, cheap and really tasty.

cheers

Adrian :)

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Medical Research Task

Posted by Adrian on Jan-14-07
The names of diseases are all through our language and all over the media. I find with children they often use these terms in their ‘playground language’ and carry many misconceptions about the illness or condition with them to adulthood.

I’ve done this medical research activity many times over the years and I find it great for getting the students researching but also talking over the issues with those around them.

My hope with this activity is that we can move people from the cold statistics of hospital waiting lists to empathy with the sufferers.

cheers

Adrian

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What’s New Under the Sun? Inspire Science Learning

Posted by Adrian on Jan-13-07
Our world is filled with an amazing amount of new fields of Science. There is interesting research being done all over the world and breakthroughs seem almost commonplace.

Over my years of teaching I’ve noticed that Science and Technology is a rapidly changing,dynamic field yet most of our Science syllabuses are unable to inspire a sense of awe & wonder let alone have our students desire to pursue a career in Science.

Go get your kids exploring nanotechnology, biotechnology, cosmology or any other field that intrigues them with this science research task.

cheers

Adrian

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Free Educational Software

Posted by Adrian on Jan-1-07
Over the last few day days I’ve been updating my educational software site.

I’ve included a lot of the software I use in my professional development workshops and software I use with children.

Have fun exploring these applications.

Adrian

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