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The 7th grade science teachers (Morgan Cuthbert and Mark McDonough) are thrilled to have received a grant from the Yarmouth Educational Foundation (YEF) to purchase two digital microscopes. The grant will provide the necessary technology to support teaching of several life science units. Digital microscopes will aid instructing students on proper focusing techniques, be capable of being projected, as well as capture still and moving images, improving both teaching and learning in our science classrooms. When not in use by the 7th grade science teachers, the microscopes will be shared with other middle school teams. 

Jenny Jorgensen & Kristina Walsh: Two iPads to engage students struggling with math concepts. They will be using the iPads when they work with students in math. The students will have the opportunity to reinforce math concepts through various math apps and will use "Show Me" to record their thinking about math concepts. The students will have access to their recordings and can access them at any time, via their web access, as a way to refresh their memory about a math concept or to improve what they originally recorded. The teachers will use the recordings to learn more about their students and for planning of future lessons.

The 7th grade math/ science teams: three iPads and two ScreenFlow licences. These grants will provide the necessary new technology to aid in their pursuit of their version of “Flipping the Classroom,” an innovative way of presenting certain material made popular by the Khan Academy site. Teachers and students will be using cutting edge technology to create helpful videos that will be used to preview, review, and guide students and parents through difficult concepts.