This is a phenomenal website full of free educational resources for science teachers!
Many people wring their hands over the state of science education and
point to the appalling performance of America’s students in
international science and math competitions. Yet some of the direst
noises about our nation’s scientific prospects may be premature. Far
from rejecting challenging science courses, students seem to be
embracing them
A "best practice" guide from the Institute of Education Sciences. Includes evidence-based recommendations for encouraging girls in math and science.
A long-running program that has boosted the academic confidence of
young girls and women in Cambridge for 13 years has expanded to Boston
and Lawrence this fall.
The camp encourages children to use their imagination to create
inventions and explore the many aspects of science. Students designed
space suits to meet with aliens who spoke a language they had to
interpret. They built robots and invented lie-detectors. And they tried to
solve a crime using real-life detective strategies.
Students who had more math courses in high school did better in all types
of science once they got to college, researchers say.
Maryland elementary and middle students are being tested this week in
science for the first time under No Child Left Behind, a federal law that,
in the minds of many educators, has squeezed science instruction to the
margins of public education.The results might be sobering, top science
educators said.
A long-term AAAS initiative to advance literacy in Science, Mathematics,
and Technology.
Atlas of Science Literacy is a two-volume collection of conceptual strand
maps—and commentary on those maps—that show how students’
understanding of the ideas and skills that lead to literacy in science,
mathematics, and technology might develop from kindergarten through
12th grade.
Despite a renewed emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education to keep America globally competitive,
many experts contend that students remain woefully ill-prepared in
technology and engineering--the core of the STEM disciplines. Hoping
to change that, many educators are turning to robotics.
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This is a phenomenal website full of free educational resources for science teachers!
Many people wring their hands over the state of science education and point to the appalling performance of America’s students in international science and math competitions. Yet some of the direst noises about our nation’s scientific prospects may be premature. Far from rejecting challenging science courses, students seem to be embracing them
A "best practice" guide from the Institute of Education Sciences. Includes evidence-based recommendations for encouraging girls in math and science.
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