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Continue reading →: WA Only: PEI FREE Field Experiences Workshop
I have had the pleasure of learning with the talented folks at Pacific Education Institute (PEI) for several years now. I’ve even had the honor of collaborating with them on developing materials and delivering professional development. So I wanted to take the opportunity to push out information for a FREE…
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Continue reading →: FREE Webinar: Pedagogical Commitments for Climate Justice Education
The Climate Teacher Ed Collaborative (@ClimateEdTools) is hosting multiple monthly FREE online webinars. The first is titled Pedagogical Commitments for Climate Justice Education on February 11th, 2022 from 11am-noon PST. Dr. Fikile Nuxalmo and Pablo Montes will be sharing about their NSTA publication on Pedagogical Commitments for Climate Justice Education. I…
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Continue reading →: Tech Boy
I don’t talk about it much on this site but I’m not only a huge science education nerd, I’m also a huge everyday nerd. I read and collect graphic novels and comic books. I watch anything Marvel, DC or Star Wars related and I definitely enjoy playing video games. So…
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Continue reading →: Have You Seen the Latest STEM Teaching Tools?
If you are someone who follows this blog then you most likely are already a fan of the brilliant STEM Teaching Tools site. If it’s been awhile since you’ve visited stemteachingtools.org then I highly recommend heading there now. The last several Practice Briefs are powerful (not that the previous ones…
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Continue reading →: All the Feelings Under the Sun: How to Deal with Climate Change
All the Feelings Under the Sun: How to Deal with Climate Change by Leslie Davenport is a book written for kids that is designed to help them examine and work through their feelings and emotions about our changing climate. Just looking at the chapter titles gives a sense of what…
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Continue reading →: BSCS: Limited Time FREE Access to Videoverse
As an educator of preservice teachers and a consultant working with inservice teachers I’m always on the lookout for FREE quality videos of science instruction. There are some entities that have great videos but they are now behind a subscription wall (I’m looking at you Teaching Channel). So when I…
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Continue reading →: NSTA Sensemaking Toolkit
The National Science Teacher’s Association (NSTA) has a collection of sensemaking resources called the Sensemaking Toolkit. You will find resources on “what is sensemaking?” along with tips and links to multiple resources on phenomena, student ideas, science ideas, and science and engineering practices. One of my favorite tools here is…
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Continue reading →: River Runner Simulation
Here’s a fun simulation for a Tuesday. Visit River Runner and then click anywhere on the map to place a single raindrop. The simulation then shows you where the raindrop ends up. Enjoy.
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Continue reading →: Talk Science: Resources for Empowering Conversations about Climate Change
Talk Climate is an ambitious set of resources designed to empower schools, homes, communities and workplaces to engage in productive conversations about our changing climate. The core resources are divided into 5 age-based categories: Birth-Kindergarten Elementary School Middle to High School Young Adults Caregivers and Adults Each age-group page provides…
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Continue reading →: 5 Fun Physics Phenomena
Just something fun from Veritasium today.

