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Why Blog in Science Class?

The lab bench, beakers, liquids, a balance, data in a notebook these are the makings of the class lab. Now add in the lab report. Follow the way of writing science, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion…Now turn it in, and move forward to the next assignment.

Now consider this: The lab bench, beakers, liquids, […]

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Looking at Technology Use in the Classroom

When I wrote about what someone might see when walking through a technology integrated classroom, my goal was to provide a quick view for a group of administrators and school board members in my district. The list was clearly missing something. Jeff Utecht’s Post on evaluating technology use in the classroom goes this […]

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Making Steps: Future Plans

Following the previous post, it is time to look to the future. Which way to go? Here are some ideas:
Tackle some questions regarding climate change using wikis perhaps. I have done units like this before using a socratic seminar. I saw an interesting post on Julie Lindsay’s blog about the fishbowl […]

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Making Steps: Human connections, science content

As the end of the semester draws near I thought it a good time to reflect on the gains made in class. Its amazing how curriculum and learning can snowball so quickly as the year goes on. One thing leads to another, blending in to what came before. At times it feels […]

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Do State Science Standards Emphasize Science?

Skim over any state’s science standards and you are likely to see a long list of topics you may recall from various science classes in your past, from the elementary grades through college. Here in New Hampshire the list is much the same. Learning targets are set for different blocks of grade level […]

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