Tue, Feb 05, 2019 7:06 AM in Field Trips
Hi Alexis,
I have been a science teacher and administrator for most of my career, but
after serving in the Education office at NASA's GSFC, I am now the director
of the Scobee Education Center at San Antonio College. This unique
background has made several factors crystal clear for me regarding field
trips.
#1 on the list is the need to meet the standards that you are planning to
achie...
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Thu, Nov 29, 2018 7:13 AM in STEM to STEAM
Whenever I would creat a special center or activity for the classroom I would look at two aspects of the design. First, if the content was not directly connected to a topic of study, how could the skills connect to the standards I needed to achieve? Align the skills and make the connections to the lessons planned and then move to the story the activity was to tell. Essenti...
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Thu, Sep 28, 2017 7:04 AM in Getting girls involved in Science
Let's admit up front that there is no single reason why girls disengage from the sciences after 7th grade. This is as complex as the bizarre network of social interactions that drive the lives of adolescents and teens. This bias is certainly a concern driven by society as a whole.
Let's start with the "pink isle". As the father of two grown daughters and a science teacher, it has always irk...
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