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== ** ROOM 213...Home Away From Home... **   ==

      T  he Science Department received new Science books to start off the year. I also have an Interactive Tablet and LCD projector which I utilize in my classroom. There are                     five student computers in the Science Lab as well. These are used for  data collection and analysis for computerized labs  <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">, research, projects, and word processing. <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> **Room 213** is a classroom combining the latest in technology education with hands-on learning. In fact, if you were to walk by **Room 213** on any given day...well...except on test days or the beginning of a unit, you would see a classroom of students up out of their chairs, discussing, observing, and actively involved in their education. Not your traditional classroom setting... but with good reason! **Science __is__ defined as, //"The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena."//** <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">  <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">   <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">                          <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">     <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">  <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">   <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> The greatest gift a teacher can give                          <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> to a student is the ability to **analyze** and **logically reason**. The highest goal for science educators should **not** be to create scientists, but to create **__scientific thought__.** <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">   <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">   <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">         <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">   <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">