Sat, Mar 24, 2012 10:18 PM in Assistance Needed with the Development of an Integrated CRSI/STEM Lesson
I am looking for any tips or sources of information on natural and man-made disasters (particularly around the Pacific "Ring of Fire"), which I can use for an integrated unit on utilizing technology to prevent the loss of property and life (i.e. how an autonomous robot can be used such as the triple disasters which recently struck Japan). The goal is to assist students with bringing together envi...
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Sat, Mar 24, 2012 9:23 PM in Space Station on the Moon.
Role-playing and simulations are outstanding ways of getting students engaged in investigative learning, as well as being sure that the lesson takes into consideration the students' different learning styles (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, etc.)
In terms of whether or not a lesson like this would be appropriate for students in eighth grade:
I do similar activities with students in fourt...
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Sat, Mar 03, 2012 8:34 PM in Renewable Energy Technology in the Elementary Classroom
I was recently doing some research associated with my own ancestry and the history of a place called “Doggerland” that was flooded at the end of the last ice age. In the midst of watching some documentaries on how the increase in sea level completely changed the lifestyle of my ancestors, I realized that there was a profound lesson from this period of history that is extremely important for our s...
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