Germany loaner words
The is a person that looks uncannily similar to you.
What is a Doppelgänger?
This is the place you'd find the elements and an alternative phrase for ping pong.
What is periodic table tennis?
Claude Monet painted this famous piece which can be found at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.
What is Water Lillies?
This administrator is known for beat boxing in front of the computer.
Who is Brad Moser?
This is a method where students are exposed to material outside of class, perhaps via readings or videos, and then do the processing in class alongside the teacher.
What is a Flipped Classroom?
Hikers or members of the military often use this kind of backpack.
What is a Rucksack?
Located in London, this is the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world that manufactures some of the tastiest ice cream east of Burlington, Vermont.
What is Big Ben and Jerry's?
This painting depicts Van Gogh’s view from an asylum.
This administrator holds his/her nose when sneezing.
Who is Katie Bonnema?
This is a lab and collaborative workspace within a classroom designed specifically for experimenting, building and creating. You might see students working on coding, 3D modeling, robotics, woodworking, etc.
What is a makerspace?
This is the word for a child prodigy?
What is Wunderkind?
This country located in West Africa goes by its French name of Cote dIvoire and is a national organization whose responsibilities include search and rescue and enforcement of maritime law?
What is the Ivory Coast Guard?
This artist was nicknamed “Action Jackson” for his gestural action paintings.
Who is Jackson Pollock?
This administrator considers most of his/her eating habits "weird."
Who is Kelly Wessel?
This is a collaborative learning method that addresses real-world issues, emphasizing critical thinking and problem-solving. Students are given a challenge facing the community and are given voice and choice on how to solve it.
What is project-based learning?
This is the spirit or mood of a particular era in history.
What is Zeitgeist?
This is a feline symbol of bad luck that went by the birth name of Steven Demetre Georgiou until he converted to Islam in 1977 and changed his name to Yusuf Islam.
Who is Black Cat Stevens?
Claes Oldenburg created theses iconic works of art found at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.
What are the Shuttlecocks?
This administrator MUST fill up his/her tank on Sunday for all things to be right in the world.
Who is Kelly Ott?
This is what FERPA stands for.
What is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act?
This type of small tiny pellet of snow or soft hail has been more common in recent winters.
What is the Graupel?
This prisoner of Azkaban was Harry Potter’s godfather who designed power tools and accessories.
Who is Sirius Black and Decker?
This French impressionist artist is famous for his paintings of ballerinas.
Who is Edgar Degas?
This administrator struggles with sitting still and describes him/herself as "fidgety."
Who is Adam Wade?
This is the process in which teachers model or demonstrate how to solve a problem, and then step back, offering support as needed.
What is scaffolding?