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mariella dorr's List: Teacher Resources
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Sep 26, 11
"Activities that enhance science education can take many forms.
They can involve observation and recording of data - both important parts of science investigation. They can be inquiry-based, where students ask questions, study a process, test a theory, keep track of results and draw conclusions." -
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Sep 26, 11
"Students will learn what soil erosion is, how it is caused, and what effect it can have on land."
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Sep 26, 11
"To make your own plant press, collect 5 empty cereal boxes.
Cut them in half and trim off the sides. You now have 10 cardboard
squares." -
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Sep 26, 11
""Children are naturally curious, and why shouldn’t they be? Their world is an exciting place, filled with new things to explore, new sights to see, and new people to meet," says Dr. Jennifer Gonya, assistant professor at Ohio State University and author of
Turning Curiosity into Scientific Inquiry. But this curiosity needs to be nurtured and cultivated for it to truly benefit a child’s development and learning." -
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Oct 07, 11
This simple model is intended for student inquiry into ground-water systems. Have your students try things (within the context of the model), observe what happens, and record and interpret their observations. After this inquiry they will better understand aquifers and the issues of climate, spring flow, environmental protection, and water use that are so hotly debated in Austin and elsewhere in Texas.
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Oct 07, 11
Several deep-sea video cameras available for viewing. However, the lights are not usually turned on to protect the sensitive deep-sea ecosystems from light pollution.
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Sep 22, 11
"We have included the use of Science notebooks throughout the units to encourage teachers to promote inquiry and allow students to learn to write about science, articulate their thoughts, feelings, questions and ideas, and to begin to think like scientists. We believe they are beneficial for both students and teachers."
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Oct 28, 11
"To understand what
science is, just look around you. What do you see? Perhaps, your hand on the mouse, a computer screen, papers, ballpoint pens, the family cat, the sun shining through the window …. Science is, in one sense, our knowledge of all that — all the stuff that is in the universe: from the tiniest subatomic particles in a single atom of the metal in your computer's circuits, to the nuclear reactions that formed the immense ball of gas that is our sun, to the complex chemical interactions and electrical fluctuations within your own body that allow you to read and understand these words." -
Oct 28, 11
"Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the
second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado in
Boulder showed that the summertime sea ice cover narrowly avoided a new record
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Feb 07, 12
All children's conceptual frameworks develop from their experiences and change as they mature. However, frequently their intuitive understanding of the world around them does not agree with the scientific explanation. It is important in planning instruction to know how these naïve conceptions differ from the scientific explanation, and why children construct these ideas. The reasong for exploring learners' ideas parallels the theory that students' ideas constrained and channelled learning, so knowledge of students' ideas should inform teaching.
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May 31, 12
We are happy to present a variety of lesson plans that use data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Our materials will show your students everything from asteroids in our own Solar System to the most distant quasars ever observed! Students can explore the sky using all using the same high-quality data that professional astronomers use.
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