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Continue reading →: National Academy of Education: Science & Mathematics Education
The National Academy of Education recently released a White Paper on Science and Mathematics Education. Click HERE to download the pdf. This paper outlines Six Recommendations: RECOMMENDATION 1: The federal government should strengthen the pre-kindergarten through 8th grade science and mathematics curriculum by supporting the National Science Foundation to fund…
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Continue reading →: PBS: Science & Technology Activity Pack
PBS Teachers has a set of Activity Packs for a variety of content areas: the Arts, Reading, Health, Social Studies, and Science & Technology. Activity Packs are sets of widgets that can be embedded in a classroom blog or website to provide information and links to PBS resources. The Science…
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Continue reading →: Science NetLinks: Introducing Ardi
Science NetLinks has assembled a concise set of tools, resources, and lessons for teaching K-12 lessons on Ardipithecus ramidus. The site includes: video clips, podcasts, lesson plans, articles, and links to other supports. Applications for Science Teachers: A well-organized set of resources for any K-12 teacher of science who is…
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Continue reading →: 1957 Science Standards
Washington State just recently revised their science standards- in 2009. During that revision process a copy of the 1957 Washington State Grade 4-6 Science Curriculum Guide was discovered. Click WA Science Standards 1957 to download a pdf of the 1957 Curriculum Guide (standards). As I read over the 1957 document I’m…
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Continue reading →: BEN: BiosciEdNet
BEN is a digital library portal for teaching and learning in the biological sciences. There is a vast collection of resources which can be browsed by subject, type of resource, or grade level. There is a K-12 educators page that also contains some information on teaching strategies. Teachers can submit…
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Continue reading →: Science House
Science House promotes the simple mission of bringing people together to promote and advance science. I recommend digging into the resources on Science House, but today I am featuring two collections of videos on the site. The Virtual Science Toolkit contains a set of video clips showing science demonstrations. See…
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Continue reading →: Symphony of Science: We Are All Connected
Visit the Symphony of Science site for videos, lyrics, and more
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Continue reading →: Sylvan Dell Publishing
Sylvan Dell Publishing has a variety of online resources for sharing their picture books with elementary teachers of science. Their collection of science picture books is growing- you can view videos on the books (see Count Down to Fall below), preview the ebooks, and hear the book being read to…
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Continue reading →: Blick on Flicks
Blick on Flicks is an NSTA blog by professor Jacob Clark Blickenstaff. The blog reviews movies by finding the “bad science” in films and creating teachable moments for middle and high school learners. Reviews are available in print or audio files and include films like Batman, District 9, and Journey…
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Continue reading →: The Safety Song
Another funny and informative science song and video from The Sounds of Science team. Check out their site for lyrics, pics, and the video for The Nanosong. more about “The Safety Song“, posted with vodpod
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I’m Kirk
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