Things are starting to get interesting as we head to the finish line. The top five....
Thanksgiving....the one and only time each year when I wished I was the
The 2011 GCEE workshop schedule is now up and running at www.gcee.org. Go take a peak to see what workshops would be a good fit for you. As always, we have workshops for teachers at elementary, middle and high school. We will be out there delivering content and materials from Albany to Macon to Savannah to Valdosta to Rome to Atlanta and many points in between.
The more things change the more they stay the same. Your week six Stock Market Game rankings...
The NY Times has this nice little interactive feature that allows you to close that Godzilla sized budget gap. Go ahead Mr./Mrs. Smarty Pants, give it a try. What say you? Was it easy or hard to get done what our elected officials simply cannot seem to do on their own?
Half way there and we continue to have movement in the top 5. Some go up... while others head in the other direction.
A nice follow up to yesterday's farm subsidy post. Want to really get the kids fired up? Drop this little doozy of a story on their desks. That's right, we are subsidizing US cotton growers AND Brazilian cotton growers as well. I feel like this should entitle me to a free week vacation on Ipanema beach or something.
Looking for a better way to discuss subsidies with your students? This website may help you "bring it home" to the state where your students reside. It's easy to tell students that farm subsidies add up to a large chunk of change but this site will allow you to be a bit more specific with just how large that chunk really is.
You wanted movement...I've got your movement. Your weekly rankings.
Ladies and gentlemen....your top five.
Put this one in the "really cool and useful" website column. At some point in the semester you will be asked a question that can be answered right here.
