A trip into ecosystems

At each round of voting, the venue with the least votes is out and there is an additional vote between the remaining venues.

In addition to the daily diet of rigorous academic content and classroom management, colorful sticky notes and intricate calendars remind us of pending tasks.

Make parent phone calls! Prep for Friday PLC! With all the hubbub, it can be overwhelming to tackle a large project or learn a new skill.

Tap Into Local Resources Students love when we make lessons come alive with a tactile artifact or a perfectly timed field trip.

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Take time this summer to connect with local resources that can expand your lessons beyond the textbook. Start by making a quick list of local museums, aquariums, or zoos you want to visit and what collections might connect with your academic goals.

Think beyond admission-charging institutions. Universities and historical societies often have impressive artifact collections and archives available to the public. Businesses and camps are another out-of-the-box option. When 5th graders at my school studied ecosystems, we followed up with a trip to a local camp to see their functioning aquaponics system.

Your community is full of educational gems so use the summer to uncover which ones work for you. Improve Your Tech IQ Summer professional development is a perfect time to experiment with new technology. Improving your tech IQ doesn't mean you have to choose cutting edge tools.

Summer PD is about working on skills new to you. Choose technology challenge that fits your needs.

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If you keep hearing about engaging classroom websites, start thinking about how you might use one. Whatever technology you decide to focus on, savor the extra time you have to master the basic functions and plan how to implement it in your classroom.

Harness the Web The internet offers a wealth of free resources for teachers but it usually takes some time to determine which ones will work for your summer development plan. If you want the weight of a book in your hand, use the web to find curated reading suggestions for teachers.

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You can plan a trip to your local library based on teacher book lists on everything from classroom differentiation to learning innovation. If audio is more your beat, download a podcast app and learn from teachers, psychologists, and other school-based professionals.

Join us in June for a wilderness trip into the forests, rivers and ecosystems of Southern Oregon and Northern California to rediscover the pioneer spirit inside all of us. Rafting the Rogue River, Redwoods & Crater Lake: Day-by-day Itinerary. Some ecosystems are marine, others freshwater, and others yet terrestrial—land based. Ocean ecosystems are most common on Earth, as oceans and the living organisms they contain cover 75% of the Earth's surface. Freshwater ecosystems are the rarest, covering only % of the Earth's surface. Terrestrial, land, ecosystems cover the remainder of Earth. Now, travel ad spend accounts for a significant portion of the company’s total ad revenue, about 12 percent according to Skift estimates. More recently, the company has upped its sophistication in facilitating various travel functions including hotel and air search (and book) but also in-destination activities, reviews, and ground transport.

I like the Harvard EdCast for up-to-date interviews with education experts and authors. For conversation and connection, participate in Twitter ed chats. Many professional organizations host and publicize their own or you can use this spreadsheet to find one that works for you.

Make It Your Own Whatever combination of reading, visiting, or Tweeting you decide upon, make it your own.

Part of being a teacher leader is prioritizing growth. Written by Marissa King Marissa teaches 5th grade at Tulsa Public Schools where she spills tea and misuses the coolest slang. She is also a Yale National Fellow.Into the Dead Zone Join the EarthEcho Expeditions team on our inaugural adventure as we travel throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed to learn more about a global ocean issue that plagues more communities worldwide: dead zones.

The CDT encounters some of the most dramatic and wild landscapes left on the planet as it traverses the backbone of America: the Great Continental Divide, which separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Oceans. BIOBAY KAYAK TOUR COMPANIES. Las Croabas Lagoon in Fajardo has , to , of bioluminescent dinoflagellates (a plankton) per gallon, Mosquito Biobay in Vieques has even more, so when you wave your hand through the water you trigger so many of them that your hand lights up with a thousand tiny stars.

The ocean is full of a diverse array of living organisms. This activity will teach students all about the different kinds of aquatic ecosystems. A Neotropical Companion is an extraordinarily readable introduction to the American tropics, the lands of Central and South America, their remarkable rainforests and other ecosystems, and the creatures that live there.

It is the most comprehensive one-volume guide to the Neotropics available today. Widely praised in its first edition, it remains a book of unparalleled value to tourists. Expo Yeosu Korea (Hangul: 여수세계박람회; Hanja: 麗水世界博覽會) was an International Exposition recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) held in Yeosu, South Korea which opened May 12, and ran until August 12, The theme of the Expo was “The Living Ocean and Coast” with subthemes of “Preservation and Sustainable Development of.