http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/all/science Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.agclassroom.org/ ph5 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:13:28 +0000 science http://extension.usu.edu/aitc/lessons/pdf/heredity_bugs_life.pdf ph5 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:09:41 +0000 science http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/science/12angi.html?ref=education&pagewanted=all Forensics is proving very successful in motivating high school science students in New Rochelle adreier Fri, 15 May 2009 10:09:25 +0000 t545 engagment motivation science high school http://www.usnews.com/articles/science/2009/04/23/science-outside-the-classroom.html Describes EMF as it relates to science museum exhibits. The exhibit "CSI: The Experience" had an average stay time of 44 minutes in comparison to a national average of 13. adreier Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:28:04 +0000 t545 engagment motivation museum exhibit science http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/01/28/19informal.h28.html?tmp=419380475 A study finds that informal learning through games and television can enhance students' understanding of science. amarjit Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:04:13 +0000 t545 educational games informal learning science http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/handy-tools-for-students/ Great tools! aseldow Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:22:27 +0000 teacher resources science math online tools free http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12190#description Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span. gutman_librarians Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:03:16 +0000 k-12 informal learning museums science http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;323/5910/60 Jaye Richards is a biology teacher at Cathkin High School in the Glasgow suburb of Cambuslang. When she teaches the effects of pollution on rivers and seas, she asks her 14- and 15-year-old students to look far beyond Scotland to the River Don in Sheffield, England, the Yangtze River in China, and the Gulf of Mexico. She doesn't just turn them loose on the Internet, however. Instead, she taps into Glow, Scotland's national intranet for schools. icecream Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:02:39 +0000 t561 intranet science technology classroom http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;323/5910/56 Kroto, who retired from the University of Sussex in the U.K. and moved in 2004 to Florida State University in Tallahassee to focus on science education, believes that it's possible to produce high-quality materials without following NSDL's protocol of first putting everything under a disciplinary microscope. Instead, he argues that the best materials often come from "people who are passionate about what they are doing and want to share it. I'm committed to the ideals of the Dead Poets Society--you know, the charismatic teacher being the vehicle to excite students." That principle, he adds, is why Wikipedia has become so much more popular than Encyclopedia Britannica. Toward that end, he's built a studio on campus that films presentations from fellow scientists. The materials are then posted on a site called GEOSET (Global Education Outreach for Science Engineering and Technology). The process is idiosyncratic--"if I hear about a good presentation on a particular topic, I ask the person to come by," he explains--and runs on a tiny budget drawn mostly from university start-up funds. "I generally like to show people what I can do before I ask them for money," Kroto says. "It was the same for my research on C60." icecream Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:00:41 +0000 t561 film technology science http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;323/5910/15 For success in an increasingly complex, crowded, and dangerous world, A nation must strive to be a meritocracy: Its education and social systems should be structured to select those with the most talent, energy, wisdom, and character as the next generation of leaders for each segment of society. When I was young, I was taught that providing equal opportunities for everyone was a matter of social justice--part of the social contract in the United States. Now, I believe that it is also a matter of national survival. Any country that fails to encourage and develop the talent in each individual through its public school system will suffer greatly, because the quality of a nation depends on the collective wisdom of both its leaders and its citizens. icecream Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:38:17 +0000 t561 education research science http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009001 The focus of the report is on the performance of U.S. students relative to their peers in other countries in 2007, and on changes in mathematics and science achievement since 1995. gutman_librarians Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:46:31 +0000 timss mathematics science education data international education statistics achievement http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/math.htm A list/guide to great sites for kids- including educational sites! jillianeorr Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:21:12 +0000 t561 math websites for kids mathematics art history space science grade school elementary school educational website activities games parenting online kids online internet games http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/11/20/the-art-and-science-of-playing-with-your-food/ At an ice-cream booth, Patrick Buckley dished out ice cream to attendees of Maker Faire, a do-it-yourself festival held earlier this month in Austin, Texas. With flavors such as frozen mint cucumber lime and BBQ honey, the treats were far from traditional. Nor were they handchurned the old-fashioned way, with the required hour-long wait before serving. binorealuyo Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:31:07 +0000 t561 art science food http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/11/06/12tech.h28.html?tmp=909356451 This is an article that examines the militaries use of advanced simulations, and how educators benefit from access to this knowledge, as it is initially being discovered (as opposed to well after the fact). coshankman Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:03:43 +0000 t561 military simulations math science innovation public school http://www.edutopia.org/virtual-field-trips Interesting virtual field trips... jenn.m.stevens Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:28:27 +0000 science t561 field trips virtual health social studies lewis and clark dogsled yellowstone fitness