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Continue reading →: Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators
My copy of Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators by Margaret Honey and David E. Kanter just arrived today. I’ve given it a good skim and started to read the first few chapters. So far, my impression is that any leader, curriculum director, teacher, professional development provider, policymaker,…
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Continue reading →: NGSS Adoption and Implementation Workbook
Achieve and the US Education Delivery Institute have created a FREE guide to assist states in adopting and implementing the Next Generation Science Standards. I have only given the guide a quick skim but it looks like several of the included tools could be useful for regional agencies, informal science…
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Continue reading →: Mental Floss- 50 Misconceptions Video
John Green has a new YouTube channel called Mental Floss. The first episode was on 50 common misconceptions. While most of these are not conceptual science misconceptions they are still pretty interesting and fun to watch. See embedded clip below- Enjoy!
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Continue reading →: FREE MIT Biology Course: 7.00x Intro to Biology
MIT and NSTA have partnered to offer a FREE 12 week online biology course specially designed for teachers who want to improve their life science content knowledge. The course will be supplemented by four NSTA webinars. This looks like a fabulous opportunity. The course runs from March 5th to May…
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Continue reading →: 5th Grade Science MSP Practice Kit
Hi all, I wanted to repost about the Grade 5 Science MSP Practice Kit. My post from last year is below. I have received lots of good feedback from multiple schools, districts, and teachers regarding this resource so please give it a look and share. Tom Hathorn of the Bethel…
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Continue reading →: NASA eClips: Systems Video
I was working with some middle school science teachers today and they shared a NASA eClips video on systems. In Washington state, our science standards have a focus on systems and the upcoming Next Generation Science Standards also include systems as a crosscutting concept. This in one of the few…
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Continue reading →: 10 Good Resources for Learning About Space
Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers recently posted 50 Years of Solar System Exploration & 10 Good Resources for Learning About Space. There are some great resources that I have posted previously. My personal favorites are NASA 360 and NASA’s The Space Place. Click HERE to read Richard’s complete post-…
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Continue reading →: Recommendations on the Next Generation Science Standards
The feedback window for the Next Generation Science Standards is closed but I think it is important for us to keep the conversation going about how to make the final draft the best set of science standards possible. Two recent set of recommendations from national groups were just released and…
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Continue reading →: NGSS Practices Video Series
Paul Andersen (2011 Montana Teacher of the Year) has created a series of short videos where he describes the 8 Practices of Science and Engineering from the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. I have only skimmed the videos but they seem like they could…
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Continue reading →: Next Generation Science Standards Draft: Public Feedback Window Now Open
The DRAFT of the Next Generation Science Standards is now open for public feedback. This will be the last opportunity to give feedback before the FINAL draft is released in a few months. Please take time to give feedback on the survey. I will have more information, guidance, and recommendations…
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