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Posted in 7th Grade on Jan 25th, 2012
Sites for Antibiotics and the Immune System: Antibiotics What are antibiotics and how are they used to treat and cure diseases? Find out here. How Your Immune System Works This site offers a nice explanation about the mechanisms of the human immune system. Sites for the Effects of Drugs on the Body: Alcohol Find out [...]
Posted in 7th Grade, Events, Library News on Oct 18th, 2011
Book-It Repertory Theatre, in partnership with the NE Branch of the Seattle Public Library, is bringing Danger Books! to the Eckstein Middle School 7th Grade Students. In order to best prepare ourselves for this event we are going to explore or personal reactions to controversial content as well as work toward understanding the reactions of [...]
Posted in 7th Grade on Apr 6th, 2011
Glogster is a fun tool to use when trying to promote a book. Take a peek and see what might be possible! The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Billy by Laura Roybal My Mother the Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix Skippy John Jones by Judy [...]
Posted in 7th Grade on Apr 4th, 2011
Get inspiration and ideas from the book trailers below. All are youtube videos and will need to be viewed off campus. Plan ahead, set reasonable goals and have fun! If you’d like some help guiding you through the creative process, open this document and get right to work. Student/Reader Created Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson [...]
Posted in 7th Grade on Nov 30th, 2010
We all love the lexile slide. Here is the Exit ticket for Ms. Sherman’s class to fill out. You’ve had the class period to practice using the lexile slide in Destiny Quest. Please take a minute to fill out the Exit Ticket and check out any books you’d like to take with you today.
Posted in 7th Grade on Sep 24th, 2010
Please: log on to your computers open Internet Explorer Go to http://ecksteineagles.org/library Click HERE to go to today’s assignment.
Posted in 7th Grade on Jan 13th, 2010
Don’t forget the following sites when looking for information on the first and fourth amendments. US Courts ACLU OYEZ – US Supreme Court Media Databases provided by Seattle Public Schools: Issues and Controversies ABClio – Social Studies ProQuest – excellent for Quon/texting Search suggestions include: Drug testing – more about your favorite case, “Drug testing [...]
Posted in 7th Grade on Feb 24th, 2009
7th Grade US History Mr. Dugan’s has selected the following resources to aid you in your research. World Book Online (you will need a username and password off campus) https://www.cia.gov/ http://www.britannica.com/, http://www.dictionary.com/, www.google.com, www.wikipedia.com www.history.com www.infoplease.com http://english.gov.cn/ http://www.yourdictionary.com
Posted in 7th Grade on Nov 7th, 2008
Here is an excellent tutorial to help you use Easy Bib. Thanks Mr. Baughn!
Posted in 7th Grade, Election 2008 on Sep 26th, 2008
Candidate Calculator (may be blocked while at school) Major and Minor Party Candidates Candidates & Health Care Election Issues and Candidate Positions Annenberg Election Survey YouTUBE Kids Talk Politics (may be blocked while at school) On the Issues eLibrary Article Campaign 2008