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February’s Science 2.0 column focuses on how you can transform your classroom by using video lectures. Check out these videos by two of the pioneers of this approach: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHK_a9SuTIk[/youtube] [youtube]http:...
By Eric Brunsell
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Chemistry Now, week 2: cheeseburger chemistry—cheese
As we mentioned last week, NSTA and NBC Learn have teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch “Chemistry Now,” a weekly, online, video series that uncovers and explains the science of common, physical objects in our world and ...
By admin
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Personalized professional development
I am part of a team of elementary teachers (pre-K through fifth grade). Where can we find professional development (PD) in Earth sciences? —Patricia, Houston, TX I’m really excited you and your colleagues take an interest in Earth sciences. Stude...
By Mary Bigelow
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Conference sessions of great interest to early childhood teachers
The March 10-13, 2011 National Science Teachers Association’s national conference in San Francisco promises many good sessions for early childhood (preK-2) teachers as well as for the ol...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Chemistry Now, week 1: chemistry of water
In celebration of the International Year of Chemistry, NSTA and NBC Learn have teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch “Chemistry Now,” a weekly, online, video series that uncovers and explains the science of common...
By admin
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I like to think of science as the process of discovering or creating knowledge. Sure it has many other definitions, but to me, in its most basic form science generates information, and that information is understood and communicated by humans as know...
By Martin Horejsi
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Importance of teaching science in early childhood promoted by NSTA President Alan McCormack
For any who did not get a chance to read the wonderfully supportive statement by the National Science Teachers Associatio...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I was just reading about Google’s Global Online Science Fair. My first thought was why didn’t I think of that? But even if I had, it would have been mere seconds considering the scale of such a thing to squash any chance of mustering the nece...
By Martin Horejsi
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Data collection in early childhood
The January 2011 issue of Science and Children focuses on collecting data. In the Early Years column I wrote that “Young children collect data every day. They note who has pink sparkly shoes and find out who will share the ball on the playground....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Every spring, our fourth grade does a one-day field trip. The teacher who usually planned the event retired, and I was asked to take over. We’d like to visit a science-related venue this year, but I’ve never organized an event like this. ...
By Mary Bigelow
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As part of the quest to find relevant resources for SciLinks topics, I’ve been poking around YouTube, TeacherTube, and other video sites. I’ve certainly seen the good (which are considered for a SciLinks review), the bad (poor design or l...
By Mary Bigelow
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Here are some helpful websites addressing digital photography. Instead of an endless list of sites (I call them link dumps), I have provided only one link per category, and that link is a good one IMHO. Basic improvements to your photography: Kodak&#...
By Martin Horejsi
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Displaying science on classroom bulletin boards
I teach science to fifth and sixth graders. I have a separate classroom equipped as a lab. It’s an ideal situation, but as a new teacher, I’m struggling to keep up with everything. It may sound trivial, but I am concerned about my bulleti...
By Mary Bigelow