The school year is winding down for Ypsilanti High, and the teachers are planning on what material they need to finish up for the year. In Mr. Ambrose's physics class, they're going to be doing electric potential, capacitance, and circuits next - they had a test today over electric charge and electric fields. I've got an idea for an interesting lab - I talked to Mr. Ambrose about it, and he likes the idea, so I'll make sure it'll work and then we can look at getting the necessary supplies. If it does work, I'll describe it in a blog entry, and post the handout sheet on CTOOLS.
In Ms. Colwell's class, they've gotten to the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines. Most of them seem to be doing pretty well with trigonometry, despite the fact that they're distracted and anxious for the end of the school year. Most of the seniors I've talked to have a countdown calendar, and they're really anxious for their graduation - understandable!
I'm starting to give some thought to what I'll do on the last day I'm in the classroom. I'd like to leave them with some kind of memory of that last day - not sure what yet. But I have a few weeks yet to think about it.
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Diane,
We will miss you and all of your great ideas for experiments and demonstrations!
A couple of ideas I used connected with student teachers have been:
1. a book in which students write goodby notes to the person
2. a photo display of pictures that the student teacher has taken of the students-usually there are enough copies so that students who are in a picture can take a picture.
Carol Cramer
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