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Science Content Day

Today my district had a professional development day focused on content areas. We had 120 science teachers at my building. They really enjoyed the opportunities provided. In the morning, we had an opening session followed by three breakout sessions. Teachers selected three sessions to attend. The choices were:



  • Creating Class Web Pages
  • Designing Online Surveys
  • Digital Lab Reports
  • Emergency Lesson Plans
  • Google Docs for…
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Added by Glen Westbroek on October 5, 2009 at 7:38pm — 7 Comments

Looking for ways to engage students

One of the requirements in my state core for science is for students to identify predators and prey. In the past, we've read from our textbook or done a game relating to predators and prey. While these both met the state core requirement it has not "engaged" my students in a way I've enjoyed. This year, I looked at possible online tools that could be used for this core requirement. I decided to use Motivator from… Continue

Added by Glen Westbroek on October 4, 2009 at 5:29pm — 1 Comment

The End of The Line

The problem

According to NOAA, over half of the population of the United States lives within 50 miles of the coastline. This trend holds up over the vast majority of the world, and… Continue

Added by Sean Nash on October 2, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

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