Educational Technology Guy recently wrote about a science contest for 9th to 12th grade students. The contest is sponsored by the American Society of Human Genetics and consists of several essay prompts. The contest details can be found on the ASHG DNA Day website.
Entries are due March 15, 2010 at 5:00pm, so start encouraging your [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Biology’
20 Sep
DNA Student Contest for Your Students
19 Sep
Discount on 3-D View Professional Development
Last winter, I participated in U.S. Satellite’s professional development course called 3-D View. You can read my entries about the course at the following links: Day 1 and Days 2-5.
I recently got an email that they are offering this course at a discounted rate.
I strongly recommend any teacher involved in general science, earth science, environmental [...]
5 Aug
Electricity Producing Bugs!
I just found this really neat article about a bug that produces electricity as part of it’s digestion.
So cool – check it out!
30 Jun
NOVA scienceNOW
While I was watching last night’s episode of The Colbert Report, I was pleased to see that Steven Colbert’s guest was Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, an Astrophysicist associated with the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Dr. Tyson hosts the PBS show NOVA scienceNOW. He described the show as [...]
26 May
Book Review: The Scientists
I was browsing through a book store the other day when I found The Scientists: A History of Science Told Through the Lives of its Greatest Inventors by John Gribbon. I haven’t read the book, but it looks like a fabulous resource for teachers who want to know more about the scientists involved in the [...]
12 Mar
DNA Solves Russian Mystery
I was reading the article about Czar Nicholas’ family (found HERE) and thought it would be a great topic for a forensic or DNA unit!
1 Mar
Field Trips: Bodies Exhibit
It was quite a coincidence when I read the article about the Bodies Exhibition in Poland the other day, since I was already planning on visiting the New York Exhibition. I went with my husband (medical student who could tour us through the human body), sister (future occupational therapist or other medical occupation), and my [...]
8 Jan
NASA 3D View: DAYS 2 – 5
For anyone who has ever considered taking this course, I highly recommend it! The class time is mainly a tutorial for the software, but it is well thought-out and I can not wait to use it in a class room
I haven’t really written about my experience with the NASA 3D View course in [...]
25 Nov
Evolution Activity
So I observed David McKinney, an 8th Grade Science teacher at Isaac Newton Middle School, today. It was really exciting to see all his energy — even if he admitted part of his energy high was due to having observers in the room! He did the following activity with his class and it was so [...]
