Date: March 13th 2009

Hi All,

I've been busy again so hopefully you'll find one or two things here to help make your job just a little easier.

1. My Stressbuster cartoons now have their own homepage. I'm sure you'll have a chuckle at one or two of them. Feel free to print them out for your workmates or email them on to friends.

http://www.adrianbruce.com/stressbusters/stressbusters.htm

2. I've added a couple of new mind mapping tools to the site for you to experiment with. For me the tools change but the skills of mind mapping stay the same. Feel free to download my 'mind map on mind mapping' and explore it with your students before they do their next mind map. You'll find the quality of work produced increases significantly.

http://www.adrianbruce.com/computers/mindmap/mindmap.htm

3. I've been going through some old disks looking for a collection of demonstrations that I put together as a Science show a few years ago. The Witch's Brew is the first one I've found.

http://www.adrianbruce.com/science/science_experiments/science_experiment_1_witches_brew.htm

NB I get the kids to write little plays or readers theatre to go with the procedures. You can have a lot of fun with this.

4. There's a Genius on My Desk.

I love these little guys. They are great little motivators for any desk.

http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/get-some-genius-action-figures-on-your-desk/

Stay tuned for the comic life experiment, 'Sigmund Freud Meets Dora the Explorer'.

5. Here is a strategy that will help you fix alot / a lot

http://www.adrianbruce.com/spelling/a-lot/spelling.htm

6. Morning Tea - THis is a really nice idea for morning tea. I've been known to just make it up and put it on the staffroom table.

http://www.adrianbruce.com/morntea/spinach_cob_loaf.htm

7. Symmetry Animations - a friend of mine has put together some flash animations to help explain the mathematical concepts of flips, slides and turns. I've added these to the symmetry webquest site.

http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/flips-slides-turns-as-falsh-animations/

Thanks Andrew B

8. My son sacrificed several eggs to the gods of science in trying to find a solution to this problem. Thanks Captain!

http://www.captaincuriosity.net/cadet_challenges/cadet_challenges_01/cadet_challenge_01.htm

9. Feel free to drop a comment on my blog if you have found any of these links useful. http://adrianbruce.com/teacher-toolbox/ - It is the little number in the top right corner of each blog post.

10. The new mail sign up form is working well. Feel free to encourage your collegues to sign up if you think they would benefit from my work.

http://www.adrianbruce.com/mailinglist/mail.cgi

Cheers

Adrian

PS I've just been confirmed as keynote for conference in Mackay Queensland and one in New Zealand for June. Should be fun.