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Talking With Scientists: Mary Urquhart Talks About Her Work

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:10:27 +0000

Astrophysicist and Science Educator Mary Urquhart talks about her work with the Mars Lander.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:30:00 +0000

From @engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/lego-arm-moves-slowly-rocks-mightily-video/ #
RT @boingboing Mr. Wizard premiered 49 years ago, today – Boing Boing http://is.gd/9BSDM He was the original STEM educator! #
Reading about STEM initiatives at MIT http://tinyurl.com/yaolgqy #
Lemelson-MIT focuses on innovation and inventors http://mit.edu/invent/ #
Check out Brain Drain game to learn about inventors and inventions http://tinyurl.com/ylbco2s #
Did you know skateboards were invented as a way to surf on land? #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:30:00 +0000

Stanford prof suggests simulation is the key to math education http://tinyurl.com/yazod4f #
Acc to Devlin, the textbook is perhaps the worst medium for teaching math. Here's Devlin's homepage http://www.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/ #
Devlin has collaborated with artists to present his fav equations thru prose and songs http://www.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/HE.html #
Browsing the resources available from Tennessee http://www.stemresources.com/ #
The Teacher Work Samples include extensive examples of lessons and assessments for STEM instruction http://tinyurl.com/yf7f2y4 #
Just posted a new Talking With Scientists Video: Pardis Sabeti compares science to a video game http://tinyurl.com/yfzxx29 #
Sabeti does genome research at Harvard http://sysbio.harvard.edu/csb/research/sabeti.html #
Pardis Sabeti also plays in a band named Thousand Days http://thousanddays.com/ #
You can hear her singing a song in her office at Harvard http://tinyurl.com/yhbg4ry #
You can learn more about the human genome at National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/ #

Talking With Scientists: Pardis Sabeti & Video Games

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:18:21 +0000

Research Biologist Pardis Sabeti describes how science is like a video game.

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Crisis at a Coral Reef Curriculum

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:00:41 +0000

Teachers can access the curriculum guide for the project-based learning unit called Crisis at a Coral Reef. These problem-based lesson sets use robotics and are designed for Life Science classes.

Crisis At a Coral Reef (pdf)

Student Workbook: Crisis At a Coral Reef

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:30:02 +0000

Materials for student use related to the Crisis At a Coral Reef Curriculum Unit

Student Workbook Coral Reefs (pdf)

Landmines Curriculum

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:13:54 +0000

The Landmines curriculum uses project-based lessons and incorporates robotics for use in Physical Science classes.

Landmines (pdf)

Coral Reef PowerPoint Presentation

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:00:21 +0000

An introduction to coral reefs

Coral Reef Conditions

View more presentations from Stem Education Alliance.

Student Workbook: Landmines

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:30:18 +0000

Materials for students to use with Landmines Curriculum Unit

Student Workbook Landmines (pdf)

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:30:00 +0000

New adhesive device could let humans walk on walls: http://bit.ly/d41Ael #
Get up to date science news at EurekAlert! http://www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews/ #
Just posted the latest Talking With Scientists video: Mary Urquhart discusses her own struggles with dyslexia http://tinyurl.com/ylccupw #
stemeducation is included in 13 twitter lists related to STEM http://twitter.com/stemeducation/lists/memberships #
Reading the STEM update from The Futures Channel http://www.thefutureschannel.com/ #
Reading about spicing up math class http://tinyurl.com/ygkvjwe #
Get science news from LabSpaces.net http://www.labspaces.net/ Did you know chubby birds get there faster? http://tinyurl.com/ygr6maj #
Just posted a new video in our Talking With Scientists series: Ryan Harrison talks about his work with proteins http://tinyurl.com/yjjakp7 #
Harrison worked at the Gray Lab at Johns Hopkins http://graylab.jhu.edu/ #
Reading about science teacher using project based approach to learning along with integrating tech fm the journal http://tinyurl.com/ydy9vyd #
Reading about how to measure the speed of light with leftover Valentine's Day candy http://tinyurl.com/yan45xq #