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As part of the quest to find relevant resources for SciLinks topics, I’ve been poking around YouTube, TeacherTube, and other video sites. I̵...
By Mary Bigelow
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Here are some helpful websites addressing digital photography. Instead of an endless list of sites (I call them link dumps), I have provided only one ...
By Martin Horejsi
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Displaying science on classroom bulletin boards
I teach science to fifth and sixth graders. I have a separate classroom equipped as a lab. It’s an ideal situation, but as a new teacher, I̵...
By Mary Bigelow
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Happy New Year! Over the holiday break, I found this blog on a colleague’s Facebook page. Free Technology for Teachers has lots of suggestions f...
By Mary Bigelow
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December’s Science 2.0 includes a brief example of how Dale Basler (physics teacher and co-host of Lab Out Loud) creates his own videos for use ...
By Eric Brunsell
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From January’s Science 2.0 column: Picture This Assessment “I have often used microscopic images of everyday objects as warm-up exercises to s...
By Eric Brunsell
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A blog (and column) works best when it focuses on community. We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions. Let us know if you want us to write ...
By Eric Brunsell
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Young scientists publish their work
One of the many blogs I subscribe to is Not Exactly Rocket Science from Discover magazine....
By Mary Bigelow
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In the November and January issues of The Science Teacher, we wrote about using digital cameras in the classroom. November’s column (read it fre...
By Eric Brunsell
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December’s Science 2.0 column focused on using rich media to spark questioning and inquiry. Here is a fully developed example from Dan Meyer’...
By Eric Brunsell
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Our middle school science department has started using the BSCS 5E instructional model. We like this framework, but we’re having a hard time fit...
By Mary Bigelow
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Sulfur + iron + tantalum …
What on earth could this be a recipe for? ...
By NSTA Web Director