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Continue reading →: Building a Systems “Handbook” on LiveBinders
In my continuing pursuit of increasing my own learning about Systems Thinking and also sharing resources about Systems Thinking- I have started to build a Systems Thinking Handbook using a web tool called LiveBinders. LiveBinders allows you to build a virtual binder to organize websites, documents, videos, etc in a…
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Continue reading →: Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
The National Academies Press just posted a pre-release copy of a new STEM education report- Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. The report details: The Need to Improve STEM Learning Goals for U.S. STEM Education Three Types of Criteria to Identify Successful STEM…
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Continue reading →: FREE NSTA Resources: July 2011
The National Science Teachers Association has already posted FREE articles for the July issues of their science teacher journals. This is a great source of free professional development and professional reading over the summer. Science & Children (K-5): Free – Editor’s Note: Assessment: Learning Under Construction Free – Feed Up, Feedback, and…
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Continue reading →: NIH K-12 Bioscience Lab Challenge
NIH Lessons about Bioscience (Labs) Challenge is a contest for entering your favorite life science experiment. The outcome of the challenge will be the creation of a FREE collection of engaging and inexpensive K-12 life science experiments. The types of experiments to submit: are geared toward grades K to 12…
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Continue reading →: Sustainable Tomorrow: A Teachers’ Guidebook for Applying Systems Thinking to Environmental Education Curricula
Sustainable Tomorrow: A Teachers’ Guidebook for Applying Systems Thinking to Environmental Education Curricula is a resource for helping high school teachers to “gain competence and confidence to begin experimenting with integrating systems thinking into their instruction.” Colleen F. Ponto and Nalani P. Linder have created a guide that contains: An introduction…
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Continue reading →: Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Importance of Passion in our Teaching
Neil deGrasse Tyson dispensing his usual wisdom on science instruction. Click HERE if you cannot see the embedded Youtube video below. Thanks to Craig Gabler for sharing this
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Continue reading →: FREE PDFs of all NAP Publications
As of June 2, 2011 The National Academies Press (NAP) has made all of their publications (over 4,000!) available FREE as downloadable pdfs. In terms of science education this means that you can now get (and share) some excellent research and reports on effective science education. Read the NAP press…
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Continue reading →: Picturing to Learn
Picturing to Learn is a database of hand-drawn visuals by college science students prompted to explain a science concept to a high school student. These visual creations are a powerful way for revealing student understanding. The following text is from the Picturing to Learn site: The Picturing to Learn program…
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Continue reading →: Explore the Solar System: NASA
I have been immersed in space science lately- I’m collaborating with colleagues on harvesting online resources for supplementing elementary space science instruction and am also providing some professional development on Earth in Space concepts for elementary teachers. As I’m tinkering, I will share some of my favorites. Today’s resource is…
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Continue reading →: Systems Thinking in Schools: Waters Foundation
As I continue my own professional learning about Systems Thinking (see a recent systems post HERE) I have had multiple people steer me towards the Waters Foundation site. This is an excellent resource on systems that goes beyond systems as a cross-cutting science concept but extends systems thinking to how…
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