Keeping Up With Science

To account for the fact that most textbooks when printed contain information that is five years old the author of this article, a middle school teacher, requires throughout the year for her ... See More

To account for the fact that most textbooks when printed contain information that is five years old the author of this article, a middle school teacher, requires throughout the year for her students to review one science article a week and answers specific questions in a current events notebook. The assignment is presented in this article. This is a good idea and it would be easy to do the same with what is provided in this article.

Keeping Science Current

This article talks about having students collect and reflect about a current event in science. I like the idea of using currents events in science, but think that the format for collecting ... See More

This article talks about having students collect and reflect about a current event in science. I like the idea of using currents events in science, but think that the format for collecting and sharing information could be more dynamic, especially if using articles to supplement textbook material.