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Continue reading →: Open Learning Initiative
Open Learning Initiative was mentioned today by Richard Byrne of Free Technology for Teachers and since I don’t usually have any original ideas- I thought I would mention this resource also. Open Learning Initiatives offers open and free courses in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Statistics. You can create a free…
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Continue reading →: The Visual Elements Periodic Table
The Visual Elements Periodic Table features a visual interpretation of the periodic table. There is a flash and an html version. Clicking on an image of an element brings up in depth chemical data of the particular element. Applications for Science Teachers: Seems like a useful resource for physical science…
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Continue reading →: Open Wide, Look Inside- Integrating Science & Literacy
Open Wide, Look Inside is a fabulous blog about integrating elementary math, science, and social studies with authentic children’s literature. Posts are plentiful and each post highlights a piece of children’s literature and how to connect the literature to other content areas. This is such a vast resource that I…
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Continue reading →: Bill Nye the Science Guy – “Just Wash Your Hands”
There has been lots of talk about hand washing and this Bill Nye video has appeared on several blogs lately. This might part of an effective mini-lesson for students. more about "Bill Nye the Science Guy – “Just Wash…", posted with vodpod
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Continue reading →: Science Classroom Observation Guide
Today I wanted to highlight the Science Classroom Observation Guide one of MANY excellent tools from the North Cascades & Olympic Science Partnership (NCOSP) in Washington State. You may also be interested in the Observation Form for recording observations of effective science instruction. Word of warning: No one lesson is…
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Continue reading →: Mythbusters
I had the pleasure of seeing Adam and Jamie at last year’s NSTA Conference in Portland, OR. It was wonderful to hear them both talk about their own passion for science and how much they value the work of science teachers. (Jamie’s wife is a science teacher). Applications for Science…
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Continue reading →: DOGONews- Science
DOGONews has lots of great news articles and videos for science, social studies and more.There is also a SITES page with links to several good elementary web sites. Applications for Science Teachers: Elementary science teachers will find great news articles on current science happenings. Wonderful for integrating nonfiction reading comprehension…
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Continue reading →: Factors Influencing College Science Success
The Factors Influencing College Science Success (FICSS) study was designed to find factors in high school science classes that predict success in college science courses. The study has a wonderful interactive site for learning about the findings of their research. This interactive video approach models the 3 Key findings from…
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Continue reading →: RSS in Plain English
Yesterday I posted a screencast to explain the widgets and links on my blog. Today I am posting a Common Craft clip explaining RSS (Really Simple Syndication) in Plain English. If you decide to use RSS, just click on the Entries RSS link under the title of my blog. I…
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Continue reading →: Science for All Screencast
This is a very self-involved post, but here goes. I’ve been wanting to play around with a screencast program and I also wanted to explain some of the tools and widgets on this blog. So I used a simple, free, web based tool called screentoaster.com (windows & Mac) to make…
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