I’m always thinking of ways to incorporate current events into a science classroom. Recently, Physics & Physical Science Demos, Labs, & Projects for High School Teachers wrote a great post about using the Friday period to discuss current events from any aspect of science.
If you’re interested in this, read the post Science News in the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘science’
20 Sep
Classroom Current Events Day
19 Sep
4-H Promotes Science!
I recently saw this new 4-H commercial:
Thanks for encouraging people to be involved in science. I strongly believe everyone has the capacity to be involved in science, whether on a professional or recreational level. Way to go 4-H!
“Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, [...]
25 Aug
Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge
Here’s an opportunity for your students to get excited about next year’s Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. The deadline has passed for this year’s competition, but the website allows you and your students to explore this year’s contestants and start to think about entering in 2010! As stated on the website, the basic goal [...]
19 Aug
Science: It’s A Girl Thing!
The Educational Equity Center just launched a new program called “Science: It’s A Girl Thing”. Basically it’s a program for caregivers to do with their young kids (geared towards ages 3-8) in order to encourage girls to get involved in STEM fields.
Links to short lesson plans and activities are on the Science: It’s A Girl [...]
8 Aug
Technology Resources for the Science Classroom
I’ve been collecting all sorts of different posts and links for neat internet and technology resources for the classroom. I hope they’re useful!
45 Websites For Students To Create Original Artwork Online, by Mrs Smoke @ Making Teachers Nerdy
Education Grant Resources, by Dave @ Educational Technology Guy
Brainstormer Random Word Picker, by Dave @ Educational Technology Guy
Lesson [...]
27 Jul
Sid the Science Kid on PBSkids
I had the opportunity to watch PBSkids’ “Sid the Science Kid” this morning and it was fantastic!
It’s geared toward young children and each episode focuses on an aspect of the nature of science. The episode I saw today discussed what happens to produce over
time. Sid and his friends discovered that fruits and vegetables ripen and [...]
10 Jul
Thomas Edison’s House and Laboratory
This weekend my husband and I went to Thomas Edison’s estate Glenmont in West Orange, NJ. This was not his home when he invented electricity, but a massive laboratory sits at the bottom of the hill. The laboratory will reopen from renovations fall 2009. Here are some highlights of the afternoon, as well as a [...]
4 Jul
Happy 4th of July!
In honor of the 4th of July, here are 4 fun science links:
4th of July Science Projects is a list of 10 great ideas for homemade patriotic science fun! I especially like the Black Snakes recipe because it’s so much fun to light them and watch them squirm and wiggle!
Steve Spangler recently published an experiment [...]
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 [...]
5 May
Science Things That Make Me Laugh!
Nerdy Science Blog has a whole post dedicated to hilarious science related Valentines.
And from physlink.com, some funny jokes:
“At the physics exam: ‘Describe the universe in 200 words and give three examples.”
“A student recognizes Einstein in a train and asks: Excuse me, professor, but does New York stop by this train?”
And I always laugh at Addams [...]
