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Continue reading →: How to Start a Movement: Derek Sivers at TED
A brief and powerful TED Talk by Derek Sivers. I love the underestimated importance of the “first follower”… as educators and change agents this is a wonderful discovery. You may also enjoy Weird, or Just Different?
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Continue reading →: Fossils Resources
Today my colleagues in science education shared some resources for teaching about fossils- and I thought I would pass them along. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has a set of fossil lessons designed to supplement instructional materials such as Science and Technology for Children (STC) Rocks and Minerals and…
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Continue reading →: Made to Stick
This year I set a goal to read some professional books that would support my work in education but that live outside of the Science Education realm. I picked Dan Pink’s Drive (see my post from a few months ago) and Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath. Made…
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Continue reading →: Bottle Biology
I apologize for not featuring Bottle Biology sooner. This excellent resource has been a staple in my supplemental elementary science materials for many years. Bottle Biology is “an idea book for exploring the world using soda bottles and other recyclable materials.” The ideas include clear directions for how to convert…
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Continue reading →: Mistakes that Worked
I recently stumbled on some clips I posted last year of kid inventors on Ellen– and I was reminded of the excellent picture book Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones. Mistakes that Worked presents the stories behind 40 famous inventions. I often use examples from this book when teaching…
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Continue reading →: Moon Project
I discovered this project at NSTA’s Freebies for Science Teachers site- The Moon Project (grades 4-8) is organized by Texas Tech University and encourages learners around the globe to record observations of the Moon this fall. The site features a pre-test, a registration process, and materials to support observations: a…
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Continue reading →: NSTA Resources: September 2010
The following articles from the September issues of NSTA journals are FREE to all. Science and Children (K-5) Issue on What Scientists Do- Citizen Scientists What do Scientists do?: Related articles, sites, and books Science Scope (6-8) Issue on Action Research – Making the Case for Action Research Action Research:…
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Continue reading →: Inquiry Part 2: Inquiry as Content
Recently in, Inquiry Part 1: a Tale of 3 Inquiries, I presented a framework for thinking about inquiry from three perspectives: The skills and knowledge students need in order to DO science Pedagogy or how to TEACH science Knowledge ABOUT scientists and what scientists do… sometimes we refer to this…
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Continue reading →: NSTA Press: FREE Sample Chapters
Here is a resource worthy of another mention (see post from March 2010)- NSTA Press has assembled FREE chapters from many of their top selling books on one page. You can quickly skim the list, organized by grade bands, and download the pdf of anything that looks worthy. This is…
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Continue reading →: The Science Teacher’s Hub
The Science Teacher’s Hub is a wiki started by high school science teacher Marta Toran (@mtoran on Twitter). The Hub is designed to be a collaborative space for sharing science education resources. Teachers will find resources specific to their content areas (biology, chemistry, etc) as well as tech tools, and…
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