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If you are wondering where I have been lately, well I am recovering at home from surgery.  Today is the first day I have felt like looking at my blog and it is killing me that I have let it go "dormant" for the past few weeks.  I decided to repost this from earlier in the year, because exit cards are always a great informational tool to use any time during the year.  Enjoy!

Today I am posting a little resource I put together on Exit cards.  I am calling it "Exit Cards 101" and it is geared to science classrooms...although it can be adapted for any subject.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Exit-Cards-101

It is available for FREE for all you guys out there to use and share with your colleagues.

These card are great to do with an assesment that I hope to share tomorrow for Quick Sorting.  Stop by and check it out again...
Thanks guys!

A few weeks ago, Joanna joked that I should write a guest post on a subject she and I both find intriguing: moon trees. Even though I find myself joining AmericanScience as a regular contributor instead of a guest, and should probably begin a little more seriously, I find the topic too fun to pass on a chance to talk about it.

“Moon tree” usually refers to a tree grown from one of several hundred seeds that orbited the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. These were subsequently cultivated by the Forest Service and distributed across the country as seedlings. Many were planted in public spaces in celebration of the country’s bicentennial in 1976.

In one attempt to ascribe some meaning to these ceremonial "Bicentennial Moon Tree" plantings, President Ford connected them to American achievements, past and present: “This tree … is a living symbol of our spectacular human and scientific achievements. It is a fitting tribute to our national space program… May this young tre…