Animal Behavior

This week we are learning about animal behavior. The student are just wrapping up their wiki projects and we have viewed almost all of their projects. It is amazing to see the students fluently incorporate video links and pictures into their projects. They collaborated with another student on this project and that was one of the major goals of the project.

In class today I was able to demonstrate the stimulus response with the use of a whistle. The students did respond with a quick reaction and most likely raised heart rate. We will now learn about the different types of learning from insight learning to trial-and-error learning.

I am also experimenting with the use of Tokbox in the wiki spaces. If there is time, we can even look at what an RSS feed is later this week.

This Friday is also the trip to see the movie OCEANS. This will be a great way to learn more about our oceanic biomes.

OK, Spring Break is OVER! Now it is back to work. We just started a project using a wiki today and it requires students to collaborate using a wiki. Prior to this week, students learned how to create their own pages, now they will learn how to collaborate together on a project involving some research on animals.

Spring Break

Today was an amazing spring day. My math group did some outside measuring. We used a measuring tape and figured out the width of the base of one of the great pyramids. Then we measured the perimeter of the tennis court and we figured out the square footage. The students also learned what a water level is and how it works. In science, we completed our science test and had a paper plane competition dealing with the physics of flight. The students had many great designs. I wish the best for all over this spring break! Only one more quarter left!