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From Elementary Ed to Inspiring Speakers
I started the morning with a visit to the Elementary Extravaganza. So much activity was going on. I overheard one attendee exclaim, “I didn’t know...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Sensory experiences to invoke an environment described in a book
We did more than watch as early childhood educator Sarah Glassco read the book Senses at the Seashore by Shelley Rotner (Millbrook Press 2006) during ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Sometimes it seems that some students are excluded from an expectation of success in the sciences – those with cognitive or physical disabilities, t...
By Mary Bigelow
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I’m incorporating several strategies this year to help my life science students understand written information. I provide study guides with ques...
By Mary Bigelow
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Get what you need at conferences, big and small, national and local
I think of conferences as meetings with multiple science coaches, each of whom help me improve my teaching in some way—if I implement the updates or...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Science of Innovation: fuel cell efficiency
Innovation rarely occurs in a vacuum, and this installment of the “Science of Innovation” video series emphasizes that. Neither scientist involved...
By admin
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How many of us in the K-12 science environment use word puzzles to help students review concepts and learn vocabulary? I haven’t been convinced ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Are my tests "unfair"?
When I return tests, the students look at their grades, complain the test was unfair, and don’t pay much attention when we go over it. How can I dea...
By Mary Bigelow
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Incorporating the History of Science
In the most recent issue of the Leaders Letter, one of the features includes a discussion about the new NOVA Series which is appearing on PBS. The Sec...
By Christine Royce
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy
I’m already a fan of the Uncovering Student Ideas series, but authors Page Keeley and Cary Sneider piqued my interest with the 45 new formative ...
By Carole Hayward
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Science of Innovation: biofuels
It’s widely reported that the first “flex fuel” automobile able to run on either gasoline or ethanol was Henry Ford’s Model T. With hemp and o...
By admin
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Teaching that uses the Project Approach is one way for children to learn deeply about a topic or concept. Early Childhood Investigations Webinars host...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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When I was little, I had an “electric” map of the U.S. There were two wired probes, and the object of the game was to use them to connect ...
By Mary Bigelow
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I’m student teaching now at an elementary school, and I want to emphasize science. In the classrooms I observe, I see many different layouts and...
By Mary Bigelow