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Wright Center - 3D Quadrat Project
Purpose -The 3-d Quadrat Program is designed to enhance student analysis of the ecosystem and provide a more realistic and inclusive design for understanding the complete Earth system. By using 3-d quadrats, students are better able to understand the multifacted interactions of the Earth system. 3-d Quadrats include cross sections of the atmospheric, the ground surface, the subsurface, and chemical, biological, and physical cycling.
About Science NetLinks
"At the heart of Science NetLinks are standards-based lesson plans that incorporate reviewed Internet resources, and can be selected according to specific benchmarks and grade ranges. Each lesson is tied to at least one learning goal and uses research-based instructional strategies that support student learning. The lessons are written for the teacher, but include student-ready materials such as student sheets (student reproducibles) or E-Sheets (online worksheets that enable students to engage directly in Internet activities). "
Lesson Plans - The Ocean: Our Global Connector
"Overview:
With over 70% of our planet covered with water, some historians have pondered why it was named "Earth" when in fact the name "Ocean" seems more fitting! Over the years, there have been various descriptors given to our watery surface: the "Seven Seas," conventional ocean divisions, and most recently, the Five Basins. In this lesson, through an exploration of the From Sea to Shining Sea map (PDF, Adobe Reader required), students will learn about these ocean descriptors, as well as come to understand that, although we have labels that separate names of different regions, the Earth ultimately has just one big ocean. They will explore how the currents of this one big ocean carry people, animals, and even debris around the globe. Students will study water movement and how tracking marine debris can be a way to learn more about currents and their impact on human activity. "
Illuminations: About Illuminations
"The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. With 100,000 members and 250 affiliates, NCTM is the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving math education in preK‑12.
Illuminations is designed to:
* Provide Standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students.
* Provide materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics set forth in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
Illuminations is part of the prestigious Verizon Thinkfinity program."
Project Based Learning: Mummified Chicken, Mutant Frogs, and Rockets to the Moon
Project Based Learning: Mummified Chicken, Mutant Frogs, and Rockets to the Moon
Edvisions
Our vision is to change schools and schooling by establishing a network of schools with fundamental differences in teaching, learning and leading which will provide meaningful options for students, parents and educators.
Our mission is to create schools that will enhance relationships and build relevant learning environments that empower students, parents and teachers to make choices. These learning environments utilize self-directed, project-based learning to build student autonomy through relevant learning opportunities; create student belongingness through full-time advisories; and empower teachers via teacher-led and democratically governed schools. To create engaging schools of this nature requires EdVisions to engage in dialogue concerning the nature of learning and assessment that aligns with whole-child development rather than academic achievement alone.
JASON Mission Center Infinite Potential - Teacher Resources
"Teacher's Edition Front Matter for Operation: Infinite Potential -- The JASON Framework, Aligning with Standards, Assessment Tools, Connections and Literature Selections, Experimental Design and Procedure, Classroom Discussion Strategies, JASON Curriculum Workshops for Teachers and Trainers, Getting Started with Operation: Infinite Potential, Teacher Tour of the JASON Mission Center."
Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die | by Chip and Dan Heath ::
"Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Made to Stick, accomplished educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath tackle head-on these vexing questions. Inside, the brothers Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that “stick” and explain sure-fire methods for making ideas stickier, such as violating schemas, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating “curiosity gaps.”"
Experimental School Gets Rid of Classes, Teachers : NPR
Experimental School Gets Rid of Classes, Teachers
Future Scenarios - Vision Mapper by Futurelab
Creating strong, effective long-term plans requires an understanding of the potential challenges that lie ahead for education.
These scenarios have been developed using research from leading social scientists to provide an informed and inspirational insight into the different futures potentially facing education and learning. Use them to formulate robust, resilient plans, to challenge common assumptions and to validate your thinking.
Hacking Education
The Hacking Education Sessions event will bring together around 30 entrepreneurs, researchers, and educators for a day-long conversation about the impact of the web on education. Our goal is to encourage innovation in education by exposing educators to entrepreneurs whose appreciation for the web's technical and social architecture has enabled them to build important online services, and by exposing entrepreneurs to the challenges and opportunities of reinventing education using the web. We are also inviting researchers who study education policy and changes in learning, such as the emergence of self-directed studies and peer accreditation in online forums for everything from anime to open source.
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BetterLesson.org was founded by a group of teachers from Atlanta and Boston Public School Schools in the spring of 2008 to help educators organize and share their curriculum the way that they teach it.
We are committed to saving educators from "reinventing the wheel," giving them more time to focus on creating innovative content, delivering innovative content, grading, tutoring, analyzing data, communicating with parents, finishing paperwork, and sleeping.
We are also committed to connecting educators within and across instructional and geographic communities. Our first core principle is that collaboration within a diverse community of educators is the key component to creating and delivering the highest quality instruction.
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