Colleen Worrell's List: STEM Teacher Resources

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"BirdSleuth is a growing and flexible curriculum: modules can be used as stand-alone units, or they can be completed sequentially. You can choose modules that match your teaching objectives and student interests.

BirdSleuth supports the Lab's growing number of Citizen Science projects. Students love the fact that their data is actually used by scientists—it helps the planet!

We invite you to purchase one or more of these modules, and then use the free BirdSleuth: Investigating Evidence online module to further student learning!"

"An introduction to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Citizen Science projects.

Citizen science is important! It's a partnership between the public and professional scientists, that can answer questions that scientists alone couldn't answer. This network of volunteers help with research tasks such as observation and data collection. At the Lab, we welcome people from across the continent to gather data about the kinds, numbers, and behaviors of birds that they see. This data will help us to better understand and conserve birds. Our scientists can accomplish broad-scale research goals that might be impossible without the collaboration of citizen scientists.

We’ve found that this aspect of “helping scientists” is extremely motivating for school kids. Their data has real meaning! They like the fact that their data helps birds. It's easy to get started, especially with the support of educator resources from BirdSleuth!"

"Terry Lindenmuth, a high school math teacher, shares ideas on “Technology Infusion” in a High School Mathematics classroom. The target audience is high school math teachers. Downloads and additional information related to these mathematics education podcasts available by clicking “math” at:

http://homepage.mac.com/tlindywizdumb/math/index.html"

"Finding the Student's 'Price Point'"

"Researchers at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) have identified nine instructional strategies that are most likely to improve student achievement across all content areas and across all grade levels. These strategies are explained in the book Classroom Instruction That Works by Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock."