Online Connections: The Science Teacher

Page | January 2020

Online Connections: The Science Teacher November/December 2020 The Aurora Borealis Student Worksheet Solar wind velocity data and answer key Solar storm answer key Connecting to the Next Generation Science Standards The Lives of Staph (Idea Bank) Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C…

All Citizen Science resources

List | February 2020

Online Connections: Science Scope

Page | January 2020

Online Connections: Science Scope July-August 2021 Under the Sea Standardized rubric for analyzing healthy and impacted coral Student worksheet for organizing evidence Using Big Data to Understand the History of Planet Earth Connecting to the Next Generation Science Standards Delving Into…

Online Connections: Science and Children

Page | January 2020

Online Connections: Science and Children July/August 2021 Teaching Through Trade Books—Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force Patterns K-2 3-5 Engineering Encounters—Turn Up the Music! Turn Up The Music Supplemental Resources      Using Toys to Create a Global…

This Earth Day, Engage Kids in Citizen Science!

Blog Post | April 2014

From students, to families, to interested novices … citizen scientists are people from all walks of life who participate in projects that help document biological and environmental trends over regions and timelines far…

Citizen science: collaborative projects for teachers and their class

Blog Post | August 2009

I was excited to see a Monarch butterfly land on the Butterfly Bush in the yard (I hesitate to call it a garden). Click on the photo for more Early Years pics. Does that mean that the Milkweed plant may yet…

Socio Scientific Issues, Citizen Science, Place Based Science

Collection | January 2018

Science 2.0: When Students Become Digital Citizens

Blog Post | November 2016

Modern science learning requires the use of digital tools and a shift in teaching philosophy and pedagogy. The backbone to this shift rests in a skill that we’ve not yet addressed: digital citizenship. Last month, we…

How Are the Standards Different?

Page | March 2020

How Are the Standards Different? New Standards for a New Generation In April 2013, the science education community welcomed  Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).  The voluntary standards describe important scientific ideas and practices that all students should learn by the time they leave…