MSM 673: Problems vs. Puzzles

Summary:

Shawn and Troy talk AI, project-based learning, and more. Dave communicates with parents.

Jokes:

What do you feel when you accidentally send out the same Morse Code twice

Remorse

How do you get the farmer’s daughter to fall in love with you?

A tractor.

Just finished a novel about an immortal cat.

It was impossible to put down.

My complimentary hotel breakfast did not tell me I looked nice even once.

Proctologist: Today I looked up an old friend from school.

It’s only a murder of crows if there’s probable caws.

Somebody threw a bottle of omega-3 pills at my head.

Luckily my injuries are only super fish oil.

It’s only August and I’ve already crossed nine out of ten things off my 2025 todo list!

I didn’t do any of them. I just wanted them off the list.

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com)

K12Science Podcast: Parent Newsletters

I was recently reading the July-August 2025 issue of “The Science Teacher”, a publication of the National Science Teaching Association.

In this issue, I read the section, “Idea Bank” written by Alexander Eden. He wrote an article entitled, “The Power of Newsletters: Welcoming Parents into the Biology Classroom Community.”

When leveraged correctly, engaging parents and families can have a positive impact on students and the classroom. It is critical to maintain a line of communication with families that is not solely based on when student concerns arise. One method of maintaining consistent communication with families involves the construction of a parent newsletter.

https://k12science.net/parent-newsletters/

Reports from the Front Lines

Last Hurrah of Summer
The Summer of My “Glow Up”

The Social Web

Thomas@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

Fun fact, ~64% of Americans use assistive technology to overcome a disability.

And that’s just on

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