Dude, can you give me a Cichlid for free?trimac said:"as a matter of fact my students are currently working on research papers-I gave them each a cichlid and they have 3 weeks to research and give me an essay on that paper-they love it!"
Lmao, You should send me some fish, well, somthing agressive.trimac said:Funny you mention that, I have a 55 gallon set up with Firemouths, Convicts and other smaller fish in my classroom-if my students do well and have an adequate tank I give them the fish-I had a student that had a large pond and I gave him a small Black Belt and Buttikefori-I teach his brother now and he still has the fish. Anything to get the students motivated I will do-I have even when as far and purchased 30-55 gallon set ups for those who really want to get in the hobby but can't afford it.
That's great for 8th grade, but I wouldn't get into a habit of referencing the internet for everything. Even Wikipedia isn't the most accurate source of information. Peer reviewed text, like in an academic journal, is a great source of information, but only when the peers who review the text are actually competent in the field. On the internet everyone is an expert at any topic. Heck I'm an expert in reliable literature at the moment, give me a few minutes and I'll be a master mechanic then a MD.inaryu said:Im in grade 8 and the any internet site is a valid source.
No one at school uses books anymore...
not exactly true, im currently working on my masters degree. You use the internet to search, however, you need to search journal articles insted of websites. Instead of google, you go to pubmed, or jstor, or google scholor. Most jounals have online versions, but at least you can get an abstract this way. The search for information is exactly the same, and in fact, the internet is a great teaching tool on how to search because you often trace information back to previous sources and links. The only difference is that your sources switch from websites to journals, but thats really a minor difference.kornphlake said:That's great for 8th grade, but I wouldn't get into a habit of referencing the internet for everything. Even Wikipedia isn't the most accurate source of information. Peer reviewed text, like in an academic journal, is a great source of information, but only when the peers who review the text are actually competent in the field. On the internet everyone is an expert at any topic. Heck I'm an expert in reliable literature at the moment, give me a few minutes and I'll be a master mechanic then a MD.inaryu said:Im in grade 8 and the any internet site is a valid source.
No one at school uses books anymore...