November 25, 2005 by jmmblake.

Show Notes– Mr. Blake’s Classroom Podcast #9, Nov. 23, 2005

1. Students Summary of Weekly Topics of Study
   1. Landforms- Niko’s summary covers the topic of landforms on the earth’s surface.
      1. Plains
      2. Plateaus
      3. Mountains
         • Folded
         • Fault-block
         • Up-warped
         • Volcanic
   2. Mapping- Longitude and latitude are discussed by Demote
   3. Time Zones- Anthony summaries the 24 time zones of earth and the International Date Line
   4. Topographic Maps- Curtis summaries what he learned about topo maps…
   5. Mercator and Conic maps- Leslie summarizes terms she tried to learn this past week…
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November 4, 2005 by jmmblake.

Lost and Found,
originally uploaded by lewiselementary.

Using Comic Life in our schools is a great trick. I found this photo today on Lewis Elementary’s page. I need to tinker more with how I can use it. Yesterday, I created a character education poster using Comic Life. I posted it to our .MAC account. This is the correct link: http://homepage.mac.com/blakej78/comiclife

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