Middle School Matters

MSM 501: Door Prize, Field Trip, Paraphrasing, Interstitially. Summary: Shawn and Troy share pandemic strategies, a site about paraphrasing, and more. Dave has some Field Trip information for a lifetime. Jokes: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) Field Trips Last a Lifetime I was recently reading the January/February 2021 issue of “The Science Teacher” a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the section “Current Science Classroom” written by Chris Anderson. Chris wrote an article entitled “Field Trips Last a Lifetime.” Nothing can replace the authenticity and impact of an in-person field experience for kids, however, until the public health and school funding battles are won it’s up to us to get creative and bring the world to our students. Reports from the Front Lines Advisory: Rocking Chair Hat Knitter https://mashable.com/2018/03/27/rocking-knit/#annotations:561AmIKuEeu8mffpwXW9Ig The Twitterverse