Feedback to The Zone
Aug. 14, 2001
I really enjoyed your site.
I teach grade six in Edmonton, AB Canada. Your math
traffic lights and your work on teaching about
plagiarism is great. Thanks for all the ideas
Denise D'Agostini
Aug. 13, 2001
I was really impressed by your great
website. Moss Beach is one of my
favorite spots. It's very exciting to see what you and
your students did on
this website (about tidepools).
Oakland Schools get a lot of bad publicity but this shows that
some very good things are going on. Good luck for the coming
school year.
Mary Cosper (a retired teacher).
Nov. 27, 1999
Anthony,
I try to use the internet to find interesting activities that
will
keep my students active. I am always looking for new exciting
sources for my classroom teaching. When I found your site through
the "Education Index" web page it was apparent that
I had found one of the best on the net. You have so much useful
information for the classroom teacher that I will share it with
my fellow teachers at school. Thank you for a great resource
tool for me and my students.
Bill Garrison
Nov. 11, 1999
Hello. From time to time I search
the web for mentions of the books we publish. I just did that
with Pacific Intertidal Life by Ron Russo, and found your pages
about your field trip. I love the field guide the children did,
and your wonderful photos--especially the one of the students
using
our book! Lucky students to have you for a teacher.
Bridget Watts (long-ago Californian
who misses the ocean)
Nature Study Guild Publishers
Aug. 6, 1999
Thanks for your web-site. I wanted
to take my family to see some tidepools. I was thinking we might
have to drive all the way from Sacramento to Monterey. Thanks
to your info, I can take my kids to see some tidepools, without
an overnight trip.
Thanks again,
M Henry
Feb. 9, 1999
Dear Mr. Cody,
Just a note to express my appreciation
for the type of teacher you are. I 'happened' upon your website
during a cursory scan for hot air balloon patterns and science
of flight lessons. I was enchanted by your site. I always thought
that I was a great teacher. You have presented new benchmarks
to attain.
What a delight it is to be in a
profession with such a worthy colleague!
Continue on in good health and spirit!
Warmly,
Cindy Young (7/8th grade - 10 years;
currently 10-12th grade)
January 10, 1999
Thank you for such a good resource.
As a middle school science teacher, I'm on the look out for practical
sites that will enhance my offerings to my students. Your site
is practical and creative. Thank you.
Terry Noeth
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998
Dear Cody,
My husband and I love your web site!
I am a middle and high school science teacher in a Baptist Christian
school. My husband is a Presbyterian minister, not even a classroom
teacher, and he enjoys your web site just as much as I do! He
likes the funny fodder, while I always check out your lesson
plans. I also enjoyed the dialogue you had with a new high school
biology teacher in your district. I have a Masters in Teaching
which I obtained on scholarship from the DuPont fund especially
for people entering the teaching profession from other professions.
I was a registered medical technologist and supervisor of a microbiology
lab for a local hospital.
I've been teaching for 4 years.
My area of expertise is biology, but I also teach chemistry and
physics. We don't have a lab yet where we can have an open flame,
so I am always looking for kitchen chemistry we can do to illustrate
concepts in the text. In addition to lecture-discussion format
and these kitchen chemistry labs I incorporate cooperative learning
groups. Do you have other suggestions for making chemistry more
interesting to my students besides the above and worksheets?
Thank you for your informative web
site. It's great!
Sincerely,
Mary Ann Riter
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998
Thanks for the wonderful info on
simple machines. I am taking an education class where I will
have to teach simple machines to a group of fourth graders. Your
site is wonderful. I was beginning to believe that I was not
going to find any useful info on the net.
Thanks Again,
T. V.
Thu, 15 Jan 1998
Subject: ebonics
Hi
....your words have helped me to
feel like there is someone out here who has a true and thorough
understanding of this issue, and all the arguments at hand...In
short, thank you, and i will be printing out your words to share
in one of my classes...i hope thats not some sort of infringement.
Always
Me
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1997
Subject: Re: Dry Ice Lesson
Thanks for your lesson on Dry Ice.
As a former teacher, now a parent volunteer, I have time to do
these "fun" things in my son's classroom. We used Dry
Ice in the Halloween cauldron of punch yesterday, and I thought
it would be fun to use the ice in a lesson next week. Never expecting
to find anything on dry ice on the internet, I was delighted
to find your lessons and links. Thanks!
Stephanie Harty
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997
Anthony,
this is one of the best designed
sites I have ever seen. Your inclusion of a data filled article
from Terry Mazany along with a (small n- but quite interesting
none the less) survey of those who count most: teachers, was
brilliant. Of course the science information is excellent!
Ruth Cossey
Sep. 1997
Hello Anthony Cody,
I got your lab "Heavy Ice"
off the Web and used it the first week of class with my eighth
graders. What a blast! The kids loved it, were interested, intrigued,
and focussed for two days! I wasn't able to figure out how you
used plastic wrap to separate the liquids. but was able to pour
the alcohol on top by dribbling it along the glass. Actually
I could also put the alcohol in first and get the water to settle
underneath by the same technique. We also added some fun by pouring
in some cooking oil. It formed a nice lens shape in between.
I particularly liked how I didn't
even have to ask the kids why the ice sank in the alcohol (once
they knew it was alcohol) -- they asked me. By way of answer
I put a diet coke can (full) and a regular coke into an aquarium.
If you're not familiar with this, the diet coke floats, the other
sinks. It was a great intro to density. I want to express my
thanks for having it on the internet and also ask you if you
have any other such labs or demos. Use of everyday materials
in science always adds to the enjoyment for the kids --they can
go home and amaze their families!
Thanks again,
Emily Wrubel
Three Rivers School
Pembroke, NH
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997
Cody, I really like your website.
Your science lesson plans are very helpful. I am not teaching
yet. I am certified in elementary ed.; special ed.; and social
studies. I worked full time and went to college full time and
it was the hardest thing I ever did. It will be worth it when
I get my own classroom. These educational website are helpful
teachers as they do not have a lot of time and need all the help
in cutting out some of the time for them so they can be free
to help the children more. I really appreciate people like you
who take the time to help. Time is such an important issue when
you are a teacher. thanks a million,
Janet Hill
June, 1997
Anthony,
Just a short note to let you know
how impressed I am with your heavy ice lesson.
In an attempt to search for information
for my assignment. I have stumbled across your note on the Access
Excellence web site. I followed your link to the Heavy ice lesson
just out of curiosity. I was most impressed with it and am eager
to test it with some of my classes.
I am currently employed as a P/T
science/math/computing teacher at the Liverpool college of Technical
and Further Education (TAFE), in Sydney Australia. I teach in
the prevocational section of the college. TAFE is an institution
which is heavily in favour of a competency based approach to
learning, thus providing an excellent testing ground for teachers
like me who are always experimenting with new approaches to teaching.
I am eager to test out some of your
other lessons in the near future.
Keep up the great work,
Lech
Visit My web page!
http://www.pnc.com.au/~lk/
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