Wed, Jan 25, 2012 10:09 PM in Nutrition
Planting a school garden has been an invaluable resource for teaching kids about nutrition. The inherant stewardship over vegtables that comes simply from teaching lessons in the garden, often leads kids to their own conclusions about healthy eating. Even a small plot or raised bed that gives every kid a space to raise one plant and harvest a vegtable makes a HUGE difference.
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Mon, Jan 23, 2012 5:46 PM in Using Models to Help Students Understand Difficult Concepts
This is a tough topic. I'm often very discouraged by this same misconception of models, and I prefer not to use an abstraction of a concept whenever possible. Especially with elementary students. However, we're limited, especially in certain topics to the use of models. My approach in this situation has been to use a variety of models, videos and visualizations, so that a misunderstanding created ...
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Fri, Jan 20, 2012 1:27 PM in Technology in your science lessons
Valerie,
Don't forget that 21st century technology extends beyond just computers. There are quite a few alternative energy lessons that can be done with very simple materials. Small solar panels are very inexpensive, solar ovens can be made from pizza boxes, a wind turbine or hydroelectric turbine is easy to make with found materials (even the generators can be built from copper wire and magnet...
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