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Children play year-round but some media for play is more easily used in summer. Some recent play that I’ve observed: Observing the motion of wood chip mulch as it is shaken back and forth on a spring rider. ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Science of Golf: potential and kinetic energy
For the first time ever, the women are playing their U.S. Open on the same course as the men. Watch 2010 U.S. Women’s Open champ Paula Creamer in Science of Golf: Potential and Kinetic Energy to see the energy transformations they’ll use to power...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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Pinehurst No.2, the site of the 2014 U.S. Open, was not the lush, green, wall-to-wall carpet that most people expect to see at one of golf’s majors. This year’s U.S. Open featured green only near the center of the fairways with browning turfgrass...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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Literacy and science: Reading and comprehending
One of our goals for the coming year is to incorporate more literacy practices into science instruction. Some of our teachers are eager to do more of this, while others are more skeptical about taking on this responsibility. As the department chair, ...
By Mary Bigelow
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From Viruses to Whales, Help Your Students Learn the Common Patterns of Evolution
What’s it like to study evolution as a scientist? That’s the question Judy Diamond, with the help of Carl Zimmer, E....
By Carole Hayward
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Q&A about natural spaces for children
It was a perfect early summer day with temperatures in the low 70s (F) and a gentle breeze that make it easy to be outdoors for hours. We had a combination of shade, sunscreen or hats to protect from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation and a pitcher of...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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How to Turn Your Schoolyard into a Year-Round Scientific Classroom
It would take mere seconds for any one of us to explain how technology has improved our everyday lives....
By Carole Hayward
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Among the misconceptions that students may have is their perception of the “mad scientist” — a solitary person in a white coat who works in a laboratory with odd smells and beeping noises. So when teachers refer to students as scien...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science of Golf: torque and moment of inertia
Welcome back to the Science of Golf! U.S. Open play is underway at Pinehurst No.2 in central North Carolina! This year’s Science of Golf series reunites NBC Learn with the United States Golf Association (USGA) and Chevron to bring you the science, ...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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Imagination Wins at the NSTA/Toshiba ExploraVision 2014 Competition
2014 ExploraVision Participants...
By Juliana Texley
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Reflections on the year and connections for moving forward
Even if your program is moving to a new location over the summer, or you are beginning your summer job as soon as your school year job ends, you will probably find yourself reflecting on the past year....
By Peggy Ashbrook