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An admin's eye view of teaching lab activities
I think administrators are evil. Or maybe it’s more accurate (but much less inflammatory) to state that they’re dangerously misinformed. One of th...
By AnnC
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We are opening a new academy for grades 10, 11, and 12. We’re going to have a science lab for combined use in biology, chemistry, and physics. I...
By MsMentorAdmin
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In last month’s issue of Science and Children, Bill Robertson asks the question “Why do we classify things in science?” He notes tha...
By Mary Bigelow
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March 20, 2009, will be the 40th anniversary of the publication of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a book loved by children for its parade...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I recently received the first seed catalog in the mail. For those of us in the northern states, seeing the pictures of flowering plants is a harbinger...
By Mary Bigelow
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I’m very fortunate to be attending NSTA’s National Conference on Science Education this year. I’ve never been to an event of this size, and I wa...
By MsMentorAdmin
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Spring flowering bulbs planted where they can be seen
Are the daffodils blooming yet at your school? My across-the-street neighbors get about 6 more hours of direct sunlight on their front yards in Februa...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth (February 12), the Science Section of the New York Times (February 10, 2009) has severa...
By Mary Bigelow
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Planting peas—who will help students record the growth?
I’m wondering what crops your class grows—Peas? Collards? Cilantro? Zinnias? Marigolds?...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Must haves—flashlights, mirrors, and sunshine
Sometimes as a teacher leads an activity, a student verbalizes all the observations and new questions that were hoped for, making one think, “Was th...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Count the birds you see on February 13–16 for just 15 minutes!
I’ve never taken part in the Great Backyard Bird Count but it sounds like an interesting way to learn about collecting data and become part of a gre...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I have to attend a workshop on teaching reading in the content areas. Is it really the job of a secondary science teacher to teach students how to rea...
By MsMentorAdmin
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How does cartoonist Richard Thompson do such a splendid job of channeling the thoughts of preschoolers with their questions about the order of the wor...
By Peggy Ashbrook