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Continue reading →: Earth Science Literacy Initiative
The Earth Science Literacy Initiative (ESLI) is an NSF funded project that establishes the Big Ideas and supporting concepts in Earth Science that all adults should know. You can download a pdf of the guide HERE. Applications for Science Teachers: This short guide can serve as a nice support to…
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Continue reading →: Free Science Lectures
Freesciencelectures.com organizes lectures and science video clips by categories. There are clips of DNA Replication, an octopus eating a shark, planets and stars to scale., and a few lectures. Applications for Science Teachers: I have not spent a ton of time looking at this site but it seems most applicable…
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Continue reading →: Science Buddies
Science Buddies sounds like a social networking site for us “science nerds” but it is actually a web site to support students, parents, and teachers working on science fair investigations. The site contains multiple resources: project ideas, project guides, an ask the expert section, teacher/parent resources, and much more. Applications…
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Continue reading →: Adventures of the Agronauts
Adventures of the Agronauts– is an online science unit developed at NC State. The unit integrates Earth/Space science, life science, and physical science content as students are challenged to grow plants on the Moon. There are six missions for students to engage with. Each mission contains audio clips, images, printable…
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Continue reading →: Brushing up on Science Content
This week I had the honor of working with a fabulous group of elementary school teachers (prek- grade 6). We were extending our understanding of big ideas in science such as matter, energy, and systems. Several teachers requested additional resources for deepening their science content knowledge- so I thought others…
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Continue reading →: Some Picture Books
I have been out of the elementary classroom for 2 years now and I rarely use picture books anymore. Today as I was preparing for a science workshop with primary teachers I was reminded of the power of picture books and thought I would post a couple of my favorites…
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Continue reading →: BenchFly
Benchfly.com has a collection of videos of scientists working at the bench. There are mostly clips of protocols and procedures of lab scientists- such as the Technique of the Week: Making a Bacterial Spreader. The goals of benchfly.com are: Expand scientific learning, provide personal development guide, and reinvent the image…
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Continue reading →: Uncovering Student Ideas in Science
I’m doing professional development with elementary teachers this week and we are spending some time thinking about student (and sometimes adult) misconceptions in science. My PD has centered around formative assessment probes using Uncovering Student Ideas in Science Vol 1-4. I realized that I have not written a specific post…
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Continue reading →: Scivee.tv
scivee.tv has many video clips of real scientists discussing their research. The goal of the site is to give a broad range of learners- from elementary to college level- access to cutting edge science. See a video HERE explaining the site. I found a wonderful clip of female scientists discussing…
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Continue reading →: Free Science PD: Science Objects
The National Science Teachers Association has some great science PD resources and one of my new favorites are free 2 hour online courses called Science Objects. These modules of PD are free to members and non-members alike and are actually parts of larger science PD modules called SciPacks. SciPacks are…
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