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| Physics First |
At last year's (2007)
Milton
Academy Inquiry Workshop Dr. Philip Sadler presented his research
findings that would soon be published in "Science" on his evaluation
success in college introductory science courses and the value of
cross-disciplinary work provided in the Physics First philosophy. His
results show that there is no relationship between success in
introductory college science courses, disputing the claims of the
Physics First people. The only significant measure of success in those
introductory courses was the level of mathematics taken in high school.
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A2L: Assessing-to-Learn Physics |
The Assessing-to-Learn (A2L) project studied the
implementation of continuous, formative assessment in
high-school physics classes. Fully implementing the A2L approach
requires a significant change in classroom culture. On a regular basis,
students are actively engaging their minds on questions and tasks,
thinking about ideas, communicating with other students, and reflecting
on their own ways of thinking. Collaborative Learning
activities are an essential component of the methodology, and students’
responses to activities are collected, tabulated, and presented to the
class for discussion, preferably using a “classroom response system.”
Information gleaned from these results is then used to modify subsequent
instruction and activities. The most important aspect of this approach
is the de-emphasis of answers in favor of reasoning and explanation of
thinking. (Taken from the website) |
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| Heck's Physics |
Click on my site listed
below to see what it has evolved into. Section for Middle School
Science – 13 physics units with over 1500 pages of activities and
teacher notes Honor and Regular Physics – unit plans, notes, power
points (about 400). Take a look at these, and see if any of the
powerpoints are helpful. I loved "Everyone deserves a
speeding ticket."
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| Air Traffic Control
Simulator |
This is a great activity for practice using vectors. I saw it at NSTA in
Boston. Everything you need to do the activity is inculded. |
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| Physics Education
Technology |
Fun, interactive,
research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the Physics
Education Technology project at the University of Colorado. |
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Biology |
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Evolution 101 |
This is a great site. I used it during a course I took at
Montana State on "Teaching
Evolution." In addition to covering evolution, it also covers the nature
of science. |
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| National Center for
Biotechnology Information |
Established in 1988 as a national resource for molecular biology
information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in
computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome
data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better
understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease.
My daughter, the geneticist, goes to this site almost daily for
information. She calls it "The Biology Bible." |
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The
Clark Lab |
This is the stem cell lab my daughter works in out at UCLA. She does
real icky things to mice. She hopefully will be speaking to some of the
biology classes just before Winter Break. |
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| The Broad Institute |
Allison Martino at Gates is associated with Broad. She will be
talking to us about getting our young biologists involved in projects
happening there. |
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| Cell Animation |
Don't miss this one. |
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Astronomy |
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The Universe in the Classroom |
The link is an archive the the
Astronomical Society of
the Pacific's on line periodical. There's some great stuff here. |
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| Scale
Model of the Solar System Calculator |
This calculator is on the Exploratorium's website. By entering the
size of the Sun in whatever form you want, it will calculate the scale
size of the rest of the objects, and their correct scale distances.
There also are some additional great links here such as "How old are you
on each planet, and when is your next birthday? |
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| The Nineplanets |
Well make that 8 planets and whatever they've decided to call Pluto.
This is the best starting point for everything about the solar system. |
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| Planetary Society Blog |
I worked with Emily Lakdawalla in 2001 on the FIDO project. This was
a robot that was used to test the various components that would be used
on Spirit and Opportunity. The Planetary Society ran a workshop for
gifted and talented students throughout the world to select students to
come to JPL to actually use the robot. After they were selected, they
went through a training program to have the necessary background
material. Emily was the planetary scientist who designed the lessons. I
was the liaison who made sure the lessons were teachable. She runs a
blog on the Planetary Society website that is great. It is a daily
update on everything that is happening in the solar system. It is well
worth a visit. She also has a weekly Q and A session webcast on
Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. |
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Chemistry |
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Interactive Periodic Table |
The elements are the gateway
between the mathematical purity
of physics and the messy reality
of life. Between you and the
ancient supernova in which the
stuff of your body was created,
there is one link: your elements
(really just the nuclei of your
elements-the electrons got
swapped out long ago).
So to celebrate the
astonishing diversity of nature,
I decided that after four years
of collecting and photographing
the elements, I was ready to
make the very thing I started by
rebelling against: a
periodic-table poster to hang on
the wall. (Taken from the
homepage.)
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Chemistry Encylopedia |
This site appears to have everything you would ever want to know about
chemistry! The link is to the letter "A." |
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| Lab Aids |
This company provides self-contained inquiry based chemistry lessons. |
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| POGIL |
Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is a research based
learning environment where students are actively engaged in mastering
course content and in developing essential skills by working in
self-managed teams on guided inquiry activities.
In addition to learning, understanding, and applying new concepts,
students also develop important process skills in the areas of
information processing, critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork,
communication, management, and assessment. The instructor facilitates
student learning by appropriately guiding and questioning the teams as
they work through the specially designed activities.
(Taken from their homepage) |
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| Periodic Table Video |
Click on the symbol and watch the short flick on the element
highlighted. Really neat! Very cool resource: (the guy even looks like a
mad scientist!) |
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UCLA Office of Instructional Development - Chemistry |
This is a series of "how to" videos of various lab procedures. All run
between ten and twenty minutes with the exception of a 50 minute lecture
on Carbon- 60 "The Celestial Sphere which fell to Earth." |
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Coastal Geology |
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Coastal Geology Current Events |
A truly great site. Very readable information from various journals such
as "Scientific American" on coastal geology. |
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| USGS
Coastal and Marine Geology Program |
Just what it says. |
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USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program - East Coast |
A listing of all of the research being done on the East Coast of the
United States |
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Jackson Estuarine Laboratory |
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The Coastal Geology program
emphasizes research on the geomorphology, sedimentology, and
stratigraphy of nearshore systems (estuaries, tidal marshes,
beaches and barrier islands, and the inner shelf). This work is
often carried out in conjunction with biologists, physical
oceanographers, and ocean engineers and addresses societal needs
(e.g. environmental pollution, harbor dredging), as well as
basic research (e.g., evolution of coastal systems, salt marsh
sedimentation). Much of this work is conducted regionally (ME,
NH, and MA), but with a view of global systems. Also, common to
most of our studies is an effort to understand and predict the
impact of climate change and sea level rise on coastal systems.
(UNH - from its homepage) |
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Coastal Geology in our National Parks |
Coastal environments include beaches, estuaries, lagoons, marshes, tidal
flats, bluffs, and sea cliffs. Shorelines occur wherever a major body of
water, such as a lake, bay, ocean, bayou, or inlet, is in contact with
land. At least 97 National Park System units contain coastal and
freshwater shorelines. This site gives an overview of the geology in the
parks. |
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Marine Biology |
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| Exploring the
Sea World |
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'Dr. Byron Jordan is a retired teacher from
the Los Angeles Unified School District (30
years). In that time, he developed
innovative instructional programs at both
middle school and high school levels. He
completed two sabbatical tours for
(1) Graduate academic study in the marine
sciences at the University of Hawaii, Manoa
Campus, and
(2) Self-directed travel study to New
Zealand's North and South Islands,
Australia's Great Barrier Reef and its
islands, and French Polynesia.
Later trips were taken to the Caribbean and
the United Kingdom to obtain photograph and
video programming. He was the writing
author of a California-adopted elementaty
textbook, LET'S EXPLORE THE OCEAN
(including the Teacher's Guide) in 1968.
Several of his articles have been published
in THE SCIENCE TEACHER, (N.S.T.A.) and the
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE TEACHER'S JOURNAL. Dr.
Jordan served as a field biologist in marine
biology for 5 summers on Catalina Island,
California, for The Wilderness Foundation."
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Everyone!! |
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MAST Convention |
So, who's going to MAST? Here's the registration form. |
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Sea Perch |
Here's the link to the Sea Perch project. |
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Learningscience.org |
This site was posted by a science methods teacher from Temple
University. Take a look at it for some great ideas. He suggested it for
everything from K through 12. |
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Science News -
Your Daily Dose of Eureka! |
Be sure you go here a lot! This site is so cool! It has a little
something for everyone each day. It was discussed in Nature so
it's gotta be good! |
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ScienceMusings.com |
Chet Raymo's weekly Science Musings appeared in the Boston Globe
for twenty years. The column offered informed and provocative
meditations on science as a creative human activity and
celebrated the grandeur and mystery of the natural world.
Now Raymo's essays take to the web at
ScienceMusings.com
The main page offers a regular continuation of weekly
meditations. On the
blog, Chet
provides a convenient portal to exciting things that are
happening in science. Other on-site resources will appeal to
visitors who value reliable empirical knowledge of the world,
yet retain a sense of reverence and awe for the complexity,
beauty, and sometimes terror of nature. (Taken from his
"about" page)
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PowerPoint Jeopardy |
How to create a PowerPoint Jeopardy game for review! |
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PowerPoint
Presentations |
This is a collection of powerpoints from all aspects of education. Some
are very good, some are . . . |
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Safety Quiz |
Looking for a fun way to introduce safety? Try this! |
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Google Earth Manual |
This is just what it says a pdf version of a manual for using Google
Earth in various lessons. |
