Just went through graduation...a sad and happy time...they will be missed! Great young people...very bright futures ahead...God bless them all!
On another note...Poland checks in....with 5 hits! Nice job Caroline!!! Madame Curie would be proud!!! By the way...how's the PATENT coming along? You'll be the next topic of my blog!!! Unless you don't want me to write about you...in which case...I'll continue to write about you!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
15 COUNTRIES & Counting!!!! And a REFLECTION ON YOUR AWESOME COMMENTS...
Checking in are...United Kingdom, Czech Republic, and Philippines! Once again nice job people!!! I've been waiting for the Philippines...
On another note, I want to share with you how inspired I was by the (Turnitin) comments from my students after they read my blog...after all, if I was writing it...they were going to read it!!
Many of my students shared that they were surprised by the efforts of people "their age". They hadn't realized how someone so young could tackle such serious projects. Some shared that they were embarrassed that while they were testing the best laundry detergent someone else was looking into minimizing beach erosion, helping their school by designing a cheap scan tron machine, preserving the environment, addressing energy issues and trying to help Alzheimer's patients... Such real important projects! Many of my students said that they were inspired by these ideas and plan to rethink how they approach Science Fair next year. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! Some felt they weren't smart enough...which I responded...SILLINESS!!! It's about the HEART and the desire to make a difference! Other students said "how do THEY get these ideas?"...I responded...LOOK AROUND YOUR WORLD - WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP IT?
I think Sarah said it best when she wrote..."After reading your blog, I'm so excited about MY generation!" ME TOO SARAH...ME TOO!
On another note, I want to share with you how inspired I was by the (Turnitin) comments from my students after they read my blog...after all, if I was writing it...they were going to read it!!
Many of my students shared that they were surprised by the efforts of people "their age". They hadn't realized how someone so young could tackle such serious projects. Some shared that they were embarrassed that while they were testing the best laundry detergent someone else was looking into minimizing beach erosion, helping their school by designing a cheap scan tron machine, preserving the environment, addressing energy issues and trying to help Alzheimer's patients... Such real important projects! Many of my students said that they were inspired by these ideas and plan to rethink how they approach Science Fair next year. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! Some felt they weren't smart enough...which I responded...SILLINESS!!! It's about the HEART and the desire to make a difference! Other students said "how do THEY get these ideas?"...I responded...LOOK AROUND YOUR WORLD - WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP IT?
I think Sarah said it best when she wrote..."After reading your blog, I'm so excited about MY generation!" ME TOO SARAH...ME TOO!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
2nd Roll Call!
It has been almost 24 hours since our experiment began. Since then we're up to 12 countries!!! It's getting interesting...now Australia, Brazil, and France have joined in the McSchmitty Experiment! But then some of the others are dropping off...sadness...they don't want to be counted in on this very scientific global scale experiment? What the heck??? Now I have to get answers about why they dropped off? I might even have to talk to some "tech" people...scary! (Or I'll just ask my students since they know the answers to almost everything!!! Actually when it comes to technology THEY are usually right on! I'm sure they don't have belly buttons they have USB ports...there's another cutting edge idea! )
A shout out to those who brought in those new countries...we really are very connected!
A shout out to those who brought in those new countries...we really are very connected!
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
1st Roll Call (1st Experimental Data!)
Joining the US, Germany, Canada, Argentina and India are...United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Israel, and Nigeria! Way to go guys!!!!
So here's THE experiment!
How connected are we to the whole world? After talking to my A-mod students further we discovered we had connections to...3 Presidents...Steven Tyler...Brittany Spears...Muhammed Ali...Chuch Norris..Nicholas Cage...Johnny Depp...Al Capone...Will Ferrel...Lu Holtz...Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin/Michael Collins...Dennis DeYoung...Charice...Zach Galifianakis ....and Queen Elizabeth!!!! THE WORLD IS GETTING SMALLER BY THE SECOND!!!! AND THAT WAS JUST A MOD (ONE CLASS) !!!!!
So here's the experiment....send this blog to anyone who lives outside of the US...let's see how long it takes for us to cover the GLOBE? A day? A year? A never? What the heck...Vincent will do a science project on getting Internet service to what ever country does not receive this blog....is that inspiration or what!
So here's the experiment....send this blog to anyone who lives outside of the US...let's see how long it takes for us to cover the GLOBE? A day? A year? A never? What the heck...Vincent will do a science project on getting Internet service to what ever country does not receive this blog....is that inspiration or what!
Global Curiosity Experiment!!! JOIN US!!!
Well...I checked my stats and I have 385 hits from the US/Alaska (probably Howard the Alaskan salesman!), 4 from Germany, 1 from Argentina, 1 from India, and 1 from Canada. Now I'm just curios...how long before we connect to the entire globe? After all there is suppose to be 6 Degrees of Separation (although one of my students "Chuckers" says its 7 for him...) ...I think this separation thing means that we are all suppose to be connected to each other by 6 people.....I think there's a book on this...
For a really cool example that I shared with my students...my son was in flight school with Dr. Robert Milikan's great, great nephew (blood line thingy). Who is Robert Milikan (University of Chicago)? ...why he did the famous OIL DROP EXPERIMENT in which he used Thomson's data to come up with the mass and charge of the electron. THE FIRST AMERICAN to contribute to the MODERN ATOMIC THEORY! Cool beans! So here's the really cool connections...my students are connect to me...I gave birth to my kid..my kid in school with Milikan's nephew...Milikan's nephew is Nephew of Milikan... SO TO RECAP...my students..to me...to my kid...to nephew...to Milikan....MY STUDENTS HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THE MODERN ATOMIC THEORY!!!! VERY, VERY COOL BEANS!!!!
And Milikan was buds with Thomson, Rutherford and maybe even Einstein! WOWSERS!!!!!
Any way I got this experiment I'm thinking about...
For a really cool example that I shared with my students...my son was in flight school with Dr. Robert Milikan's great, great nephew (blood line thingy). Who is Robert Milikan (University of Chicago)? ...why he did the famous OIL DROP EXPERIMENT in which he used Thomson's data to come up with the mass and charge of the electron. THE FIRST AMERICAN to contribute to the MODERN ATOMIC THEORY! Cool beans! So here's the really cool connections...my students are connect to me...I gave birth to my kid..my kid in school with Milikan's nephew...Milikan's nephew is Nephew of Milikan... SO TO RECAP...my students..to me...to my kid...to nephew...to Milikan....MY STUDENTS HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THE MODERN ATOMIC THEORY!!!! VERY, VERY COOL BEANS!!!!
And Milikan was buds with Thomson, Rutherford and maybe even Einstein! WOWSERS!!!!!
Any way I got this experiment I'm thinking about...
Monday, May 23, 2011
International Sensation!
Wowsers! I just checked my traffic/audience ... I have 319 from the US (including Alaska) ...3 from Germany...1 from Argentina (maybe Emy?) ...and 1 from India!! I'm almost a rock star!!!
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