African American Athletes – Resources

Researching African-American Athletes for your physical education and health class?

Use these biography resources to find your information.

• World Book Encyclopedia Online
• Encyclopedia Brittanica

You can also search our catalog to see if there are any books related to your topic.

If you can’t find the information you need on one of these two websites, make sure to evaluate any outside resources using our Reliable Resource Checklist.

Trade in Ancient and Modern Ghana

Comparing and Contrasting economic trade in ancient and modern Ghana? Visit Mr. Rudisill & Mr. Velde’s list of resources to support your research.

LMMS BOB Champions!

Congratulations to the Exploding Mango Flavored Polka Dots, the winning team of the Lakewood Montessori Middle School based Battle of the Books competition!  The Exploding Mango Flavored Polka Dots team is made up of:

• Kiran B.
• Kathryn B.
• Serena P.
• Harper A.
• Dahlia N.

This competition, along with a variety of other criterion, determined which LMMS students will represent our school at the Durham County middle school BOB competition in March.  Please congratulate the following students:

Team 1

• Kiran B.
• Kathryn B.
• Serena P.
• Brennan P.
• Elizabeth B.
• Hannah W.

Team 2

• Harper A.
• Alex C.
• Grace A.
• Safiya G.
• Aurelia K.
• Maja M.

Alternates

• Dahlia N.
• Zach L.
• Tatiana E.
• Yuan Yuan M.
• Kyren C.
• Cordelia G.
• Elizabeth R.
• Tina D.

Blogging at LMMS

Here at LMMS, we are embracing the 21st century by using blogging as a way to reflect and learn.

Over the next 9 weeks, we will be exploring controversial topics and the power of a well-supported argument through online discussion.  Students will follow guidelines for blogging and guidelines for commenting.  Blog entries are expected to be well constructed, well written, and thoughtful.  By the end of this unit, students will be able to say:

• I can blog ethically and responsibly.
• I can participate in respectful discussion through blogging my point of view and exchanging with my colleagues about their point of view.
• I can support my arguments and points of view with strong support from reliable resources.
• I can create links, embed photos and share information with my colleagues and the world.
• I can (and DO) credit my sources of information.

Want to visit our classroom blogs? Click on the links below:

Community 4: Ms. Hunter’s Classroom Blog

Community 3: Ms. Kendall’s Classroom Blog

Community 2: Mr. Shaw’s Blog

Community 1: Ms. Fisher’s Classroom Blog

Reading Is Not Optional!

At least that’s what Walter Dean Myers, the latest National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature had to say about it on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning. Today, Walter Dean Myers will be honored at the Library of Congress as the third national ambassador for young people’s literature.  According to the Library of Congress blog,

“Walter Dean Myers, the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature has written over 100 books including “Sunrise Over Fallujah,” “Fallen Angels,” “Monster,” “Somewhere in the Darkness” and “Harlem.” Myers has received two Newbery Honor Awards and five Coretta Scott King Awards. He is the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award (for excellence in young adult literature, given by the American Library Association) as well as the first recipient of Kent State University’s Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 2009 Myers delivered the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, a distinction reserved for an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of children’s literature”.

More importantly, however, LMMS students like him too!  Have you read a Walter Dean Myers book yet?  If not, stop by and check out one of the many books we have by him in our learning commons:

• Bad Boy: A Memoir
• Monster
• Sunrise Over Fallujah
• Harlem: A Poem
• The Dreamer
• Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
• Game
• Handbook for Boys
• Hoops
• The Journal of Scott Pendelton Collins: A World War II Soldier
• Lockdown
• Sunrise Over Fallujah

Walter Dean Myers writes about teenagers and young adults in real life situations.  It’s gritty, it’s tough and it’s fascinating to read.  Come by and check one out today!

Genetic Disorders

Now that you have studied genetics, dominant and recessive genes and heredity,  you will be doing in depth research on a specific genetic disorder.   Then you will create a Glog to share the information you learn with your classmates and the world.  You will also practice evaluating online resources for reliability.

I can statements for this unit:

• I can explain how the specific genetic disease/disorder I am studying is inherited and its causes.
• I can describe the symptoms of the disease/disorder.
• I can explain who is most commonly affected by this disease/disorder and what part of the population it affects.
• I can explain cures and treatments for this disease/disorder.
• I can direct patients and their families to support networks and organizations which offer support for living with this disease/disorder. 
• I can evaluate an online resource for its reliability.

We will meet together five times.  Please visit the Genetic Disorders Pathfinder to begin your project.

Genetics Practice Problems

Need more practice on Genetics?  Try this review of Genetics Practice Problems, shared with us by Mr. Rudisill.

Egyptian Revolution

Step 1

Before you watch the video, Answer these Warm-Up Questions

1. Where is Egypt? (location, region, continent)

2. What is a revolution? (vocabulary)

3. What is the role of a country’s military? (opinion)

Step 2

Watch PBS’s Egyptian Revolution Part II.

Step 3

After you watch this video, answer these Post-Discussion questions:

1. Describe the people pictured in the crowd.  Were they young or old?  Male or female? Why do you think that is?

2. If you were in Egypt, how would you work for a better government?

3. What do you think will happen next in Egypt?

Israel & Palestine Conflict

As you research Israel and Palestine for Ms. Hunter’s class, visit the pathfinder on Israel and Palestine.

Genetic Resources

Researching Genetics in your science class?  Check out our videos, animations and links on the Genetics Pathfinder.