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Continue reading →: The Case for Early Education about STEM Careers
The Case for Early Education about STEM Careers (10 Science Facts & Fictions) was shared with me today at a meeting. This short document summarizes some interesting research on our knowledge and beliefs about scientists and science careers. This could be a useful piece for advocating for elementary science instruction or…
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Continue reading →: What is a Harvest Moon? NASA Video
A brief, clear, and well-designed video that explains a Harvest Moon. PS we have a Harvest Moon coming up soon. Enjoy. See embedded video below or click HERE.
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Continue reading →: Ocean Acidification- Seattle Times Article
The Seattle Times has an excellent 2-part article on ocean acidification. The article has many embedded video clips, photographs, and infographics. Check it out by clicking HERE.
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Continue reading →: What is Engineering? video
Here is a well produced video from the University of Newcastle in Australia that describes the work of engineers and uses some engaging examples. Could be useful for classroom instruction or in professional development on engineering. Enjoy! Click HERE if you cannot see the embedded video below.
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Continue reading →: FREE NGSS App
The FREE Next Generation Science Standards app from MasteryConnect is available for Apple and Android devices. I haven’t spent a lot of time with it but did download the version for my iPad and it seemed pretty snappy and complete. While you’re loading your device up with standards you might…
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Continue reading →: Thinking about Engineering Education
For the last 3 years I have been dabbling in Engineering Education. Most of the work has been at the awareness level- giving K-8 teachers (inservice and preservice) an introduction to the Engineering Design Process and helping them to think about how to identify and/or add some engineering tasks to…
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Continue reading →: Planet Nutshell Climate Science Videos
The Next Generation Science Standards contain a strong K-12 focus on climate science and this focus may be missing in some of our instructional materials. Planet Nutshell contains several short well produced educational video clips and they have a series of 11 videos on climate science. See What is Climate?…
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Continue reading →: NGSS MOOC
Eric Brunsell of the University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh has created a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) focused on developing awareness of the Next Generation Science Standards. This is an asynchronous course so you can easily examine the resources, videos, and activities as you wish. This is a great resource for…
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Continue reading →: NSTA July 2013 Journals: A Focus on Argumentation
The July 2013 issues of NSTA‘s journals all feature a focus on argumentation and explanation. Explanation and Argumentation are both Practices of Science & Engineering in the new Next Generation Science Standards. These two practices connect nicely with the Common Core Math and ELA Standards and are typically not well…
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Continue reading →: NGSS Poll
Hi all, I’m hoping to get feedback from a wide range of folks regarding how you are feeling about the Next Generation Science Standards. Please take a moment to answer the poll embedded below.
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I’m Kirk
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