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Continue reading →: Einstein Archives Online
Einstein Archives Online provides digitized manuscripts of thousands (eventually 80,000) of Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific writings. An extensive collection and resource of primary documents for anyone researching the life of one of our most important thinkers and scientists. Enjoy!
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Continue reading →: Science in the Classroom
Science in the Classroom from AAAS collects a variety of annotated research papers and provides teaching materials to help students better understand the structure and purpose of scientific papers. You can currently find one chemistry article and two biology articles- I’m assuming more resources will be coming soon. Seems like…
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Continue reading →: WA Science: Biology EOC Performance Level Descriptors Alternate View
I was scanning the Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) for the Biology End of Course assessment here in Washington state, and I had this urge to rearrange them (because I’m a dork). I thought I would share this alternate view in case others are interested. I wanted to be able to…
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Continue reading →: Clarifying What Engineering Education Means for K-12
The Opportunity Equationrecently posted a series of essays/discussions regarding engineering titled- The “E” in STEM: Clarifying What Engineering Education Means for K-12. This post provides a useful overview of the importance of teaching and learning engineering concepts in K-12 and describes some projects that have had success. This article could be…
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Continue reading →: Halloween Science 2012
Halloween is quickly approaching so I wanted to put together my annual reminder of great Halloween related science resources online. Here are some of my faves: (please let me know in the comments of Halloween Science resources I missed) Halloween Science at Science Bob’s Site– tons of videos and spooky…
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Continue reading →: Environmental & Sustainability Enhanced Elementary Science Lessons
OSPI and Washington State LASER received a grant to create supplemental lessons to teach Environmental & Sustainability standards within some common elementary science instructional materials. Click HERE to view the page on WA State LASER’s site. The lessons are linked to the following kits: New Plants (FOSS) Structures of Life…
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Continue reading →: Minimalist Posters Representing Women in Science
Just wanted to share these excellent posters by Hydrogene that celebrate six amazing women in science: Marie Curie, Jane Goodall, Rosalind Franklin, Grace Hopper, Rachel Carson, and Sally Ride. Check them out- very cool! See the recent post from Brainpickings to learn more.
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Continue reading →: Looking Back to Look Forward
On Monday I found myself working with a group of science education leaders from around Washington state. Craig Gabler from ESD 113 brought an old copy of Science in the Elementary Grades from the Centralia School District written in the early 1960s. I opened the document to the first page…
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Continue reading →: New Page on CCSS and NGSS
If you look up at the top of the Science for All site, you will notice a new Page titled CCSS/NGSS. This page is intended to provide links, tools, and resources for teaching and learning about the Common Core State Standards and the upcoming Next Generation Science Standards. Click HERE…
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Continue reading →: WA Timeline for Implementation of NGSS (tentative)
In a recent webinar on implementation of Common Core State Standards, OSPI shared the timeline for implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards. I would assume this is probably a similar timeline for other states, or at least the lead state partners who already support the NGSS effort. 1. NGSS…
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