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Paul Boyer
Hillcrest School Bridge Center
IN

I teach kids science (grades 6–12) in this alternative education program designed for students who have been expelled by the district. This environment can mount some awesome challenges, but the rewards make it the best job I can imagine!

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Using Cartoons in Science Classes

Cartoons and comics can be engaging for many students, particularly at the middle level, and analysis of political cartoons has long been a high school social studies learning objective. Here are some resources for introducing cartoons and comics to the science classroom.

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Tue, Sep 25, 2012 7:42 PM in Preparing for the Next generation Science standards- using Models- poll question-

Hi Barbara, did you go to http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NG...5-2012.pdf ? There should be 132 slides in the whole presentation.

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Wed, Sep 12, 2012 12:53 PM in Asking Questions and Defining Problems Webinar

Couldn't agree more with the need to attend to relevance. Yes, PBL is an improvement over text-based instruction, but again, in terms of reality, if the problem isn't well defined to begin with, the unit will be less than effective. Using the example problem yesterday, I can envision a fair number of my students who would say they couldn't care less about businesses or what government leaders migh...

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