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I picked up an almost intact dog skeleton from the side of the road. One of my students spotted it from her bus window! I need help with preservation and wiring it together. Any suggestions? I did put the skeleton in a laundry bleach bath for approxi...
By MsMentorAdmin
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Having been a technology coordinator in a previous career, I saw two different interpretations of the theme....
By Mary Bigelow
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From The Early Years photo cache (click the pic for more)....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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“Would you like to be a student in your classroom?” This month’s guest editorial says it all when it comes to classroom management....
By Mary Bigelow
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"I had a carrot for breakfast"
From The Early Years photo cache (click the pic for more)....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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With all of the technology that students have (e.g., cell phones, laptops), I’m concerned about “cheating” on tests and writing assignments. —Anne, Rochester, New York This is a very timely question, in light of a recent report Hi...
By MsMentorAdmin
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As I head off to the beach next week, along with a few mystery novels, I’m going to pack some of the books I ordered at the NSTA conference last spring, a few back issues of NSTA journals I want to review, and several of the resources listed in...
By Mary Bigelow
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Getting (and staying) organized
For the first time, I’ll be teaching two different subjects (biology and environmental science). Do you have any suggestions for how to organize my unit plans, lesson plans, and other resources? —Don, Cedar Rapids, Iowa ...
By MsMentorAdmin
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Staying up-to-date on professional issues
I subscribe to many blogs and other RSS feeds to try to stay up-to-date. In a previous post, I noted how RSS feeds from organizations such as NASA, Scientific American, and the National Science Foundation provide summaries of current issues and inte...
By Mary Bigelow
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Critical science "skills"
What are the critical skills you think students need to be successful in science? —Niki, Baltimore, Maryland In science department meetings, we often agonize over what and how much content to “cover.” We lament that students don’t see...
By MsMentorAdmin
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What was your favorite color when you were five? Many young girls like pink, a stereotypically female color....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Have you seen the National Science Foundation’s new online magazine Science Nation? The NSF’s news release dated June 1, 2009, states that this video program will “take a dynamic, entertaining look at the research, and the researche...
By Mary Bigelow
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Read “Safety First” by Sarah Pounders and you can reassure your director and students’ parents that you are informed about how to avoid potential health hazards in eating food from a school garden. Did you guess that washing hands is on...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Raise your hand if you're a scientist!
I received the greatest compliment while sitting at the lunch table with a mixed age group of my students who are enrolled in the end-of-school-year camp. The children were playing a conversation-starter game they’ve developed of asking the lu...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I’ve been asked to teach a different science course next year. I’m looking forward to the change, but I’m a little nervous about teaching a subject I’ve never taught before. I was told I am “highly qualified.” What...
By MsMentorAdmin