High School Living Science
Recently I have received requests for unit studies or living book recommendations on other high school level science topics. Unfortunately, I have only completed biology with my kids because I didn’t...
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Enticing kids to consider engineering and science
Here’s a cool site I just discovered: http://www.egfi-k12.org/It is a web site and magazine for kids produced by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). There’s also a section for...
View ArticleHaphazard vs. Systematic Science
The National Research Council has just released their latest report on science education standards, called “A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Cross-cutting Concepts, and Core Ideas.”...
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Once again, here is the new basic framework that the National Research Council has decided would improve science and engineering education in our country. I’m not going to argue with it, because I’m...
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How Studying Nature is Like Appreciating Football
Years ago, when my husband still watched football, he wanted me to enjoy watching with him. I didn’t mind as long as I was cleaning up or working on a craft project or something, because the sound of...
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Should kids keep illustrated journals?
Illustrated journals seem like such a good idea for kids, right? It’s a good excuse for building writing and drawing skills, not to mention budding scientific observation. Wouldn’t we all be proud to...
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Learning at the Edge
A. & E. Exploring the edge of a streamAny naturalist knows that the most interesting place to look for things is at the edges. Where a field meets a forest or a river flows into the sea or where...
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Our New “Sputnik Moment”– More Scientists, Engineers, and Mathematicians
Maybe it’s just my selective hearing, but it seems like everybody these days is talking about how desperately the United States needs to entice and retain more students in STEM (Science, Technology,...
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10 Inspiring Websites for Learning Science
Science and math don’t just exist in textbooks – in fact, the best part of these fields DON’T exist at all in textbooks. The curiosity, wonder, and magic must come first. Only then are we motivated to...
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Should You Push Math and Science?
Media pundits and policymakers have been telling us for years that we need to graduate more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) students, because our companies just can’t get enough...
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