Thursday, April 5, 2012

Student Project Display

So one of my goals this year was to put student work up on the walls in my classroom. You see, with 200+ students, how do I put all students' work up? Well that's just it... I don't. I was already collecting sample work from students (you know, keeping the REALLY good ones to show next year's students what their final product should look like), but wasn't doing anything with those samples aside from keeping them in a drawer until the following year. That's when I decided that it was time to put those samples up on the wall. I realized that I don't have to put up samples from EVERY student... meaning, I don't have to put up the eye-sores non-sample work. Below are pictures of what now adorns my very colorful and educational wall. I have already referenced projects on the wall several times... And my 8th graders are reminded of the science they forget from learned in 7th grade.





Fun, right? And after receiving numerous emails requesting templates to make some of the foldables shown above, I decided to make a few tutorial posts. You see, my students are AMAZING artists and therefore none of the above projects required templates. Just instructions. So here they are.

Organization of Life Foldable Tutorial
Cells Foldable Tutorial
Cell Cycle Foldable Tutorial

Happy Projecting! (I know, I totally made that word up.)

29 comments:

  1. It really looks great!! I'm thankful that you didn't post the staple through your finger picture ;)

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  2. Hi! Love it!
    can I ask where you got the templates for the plant and animal cells and the cell cycle please???

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    1. I have recently updated my post to include a template for the plant and animal cell foldable, if you are still interested... http://cardsandcardigans.blogspot.com/2013/03/cells-foldable.html
      Ashley

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  3. your projects are very colourful - they look great

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  4. Would love to see a student made sample of my wearable on your wall. www.ScienceWear.net :-) Nice job!

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  5. I would like to see a stample or template of your cell foldable. Is that possible? Email is loveshistory2004@yahoo.com

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  6. also what did you have them put inside? Is it a list or color coded? Such a great idea!!

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  7. I would like to see a sample or template of your cell foldable. Is that possible? My email address is cltaylor@edu.pe.ca Thanks!

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  8. Hi! I would love to see a sample or template of your plant and animal cells and cell cycle foldable if that is possible?? I will be a first year teacher this fall and would absolutely love to find out more information on these items. My email address is page.krystal@gmail.com. Thank you!

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  9. I would also love to get a copy of your cell templates. My email is Murphy.Lori@meridianschools.org. Thanks so much!

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  10. I am a first year teacher and know I can never get enough resources! I love the cell drawing foldable. I just had my Biology students complete a Cell City or Cell Cartoon. It was an excellent project for higher order thinking! We will be moving into cell cycles soon so I would love to have a template for the cell foldable and cell cycle! As my professor told us "teachers beg, borrow, and steal where they can in order not to have to recreate the wheel." So I would appreciate any help you can provide. My email is lillian.hester@isisd.net. Thank you very much.

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  11. I've posted a tutorial for the Organization of Life foldable on my blog... Cells, Cell Cycle, and Eye Foldables coming soon!

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  12. Awesome...thankful for your tutorial(: THANK YOU!!

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  13. I too would also like the cell templates. I am in Biology for college and I know that this will help me learn better. My email is amanda.mcelmurry@gmail.com

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  14. Wholesale Cardigans For Men my goals this year was to put student work up on the walls in my classroom.

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  15. I love the health pyramids - can you do a close up or a little mini tutorial ...thanks!

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  16. What about the Meiosis, where did you get that and how is it set up? I teach Biology I and think this would be great for my students. Please email me thomasl@hcboe.net

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  17. Yes please post Meiosis setup!!!

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    1. Agreed!! Also the metric and chemical bonding. Please email me the instructions at Brittany.ayo@legacy traditional.org

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  18. I would like meiosis foldable please. njflyersfan@gmail.com

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  19. As a biology teacher to be, this great idea really inspired me. Thank you for sharing it. Maybe one day I'll have a class of my own, making these to!

    Greets from the Netherlands,
    Esther

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  20. thanks from PEI, Canada !
    My students will love this !

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  21. Love some of your ideas. Would love if you could email me @ Courtney132615@yahoo.com Thanks

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  22. Wow! Love your ideas! I will definitely be doing all three with my 7th graders!!! Thanks so much for sharing your awesomeness!!!

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  23. Thank you for posting these foldable projects! I used them last month when teaching my middle schoolers about cells. I posted pictures of my student's work on my blog (http://charmingclassroom.blogspot.com/p/class-projects-2014-2015.html) and included a link to your blog so that other teachers can find these extremely helpful resources.

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  24. Thank you for posting these - this is great!

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  26. This post was so helpful for me. This is the part of my class that I am trying to improve and classroom decor is the hardest to keep up with during the hustle of the year. Thanks for giving me this great break read!

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