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The importance of experimental design in science is that helps students infer about causes or relationships, as opposed to simply describe what happened in a canned experiment. As students learn to develop Their own experimental design They must be able to answer The most important question of all regarding The design process.

"Integration of technology is an integral part of project based learning, because technology is an integral part of life outside the classroom as revealed in this part of the definition - "types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom.""

Wiki pages are always a work in progress. The wiki is like a dynamic online science classroom which continually grows and changes. Applications for The use of Wikis in science classrooms is only limited by The creativeness of The teacher in support science teaching and student earning.

This is a hands-on, minds-on approach to providing students with a concrete model of the earth's atmosphere to visualize the gases that comprise the atmosphere.

Articles describes different ways to use Flocabulary into classrooms across the curriculum. Flocabulary provides a 30 day free trial to all teachers. 

Ted Talks playlist includes 11 videos to watch with middle school students throughout the school year. Each video contains the full transcript. Includes topics in all core subjects. 

College professor discusses the seven C's of Creative Inquiry in the classroom, including: context, challenge, collect, connect, conclude, critique, communicate.

From the massively-nerdy-but-really-quite-cool news department, I bring you the coolest thing I've seen since unwrapping my presents on Christmas Day. 120 years of amazing discoveries, eye-opening editorial and mind-expanding stories form the Complete National Geographic.

An investigation into the cost of junk mail on society and the environment caused by the junk mail delivered to homes on a daily basis over a given period of time.

The only way to truly understand The properties of matter and changes which occur in The properties of matter is to conduct and inquiry-based investigation.

Article describes ideas to build relationships with middle school students. Includes exercises to introduce at the beginning of the school year and can be implemented across the curriculum. 

Eliminating math misconceptions is difficult and merely repeating a lesson or extra practice will not help. Telling students were they are mistaken will not work either. Recognizing student misconceptions and immediately focusing on the misconception is important. Providing guiding questions using inductive reasoning is the best approach, along with the use of writing prompts which help reveal further student misconceptions.

Have you ever wanted to create short "how to" video for your students to use for homework, remembering facts, and solving math problems. How often have your students stated, "I could not complete the homework assignment, because I could not remember the steps and no one could help me." Well the answer is to create a screencast or video for posting on your class wiki or blog for students to view at home or anywhere else they have web access.

An interactive White Board (IWB) or SMART Board has the potential to deliver content better than traditional methods of teaching. Why? Because it provides multi-media functional interaction across audio, video, and computer media. It is also ideal for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. these qualities of an IWB also promote the dynamic delivery of content (if used to its full potential) in an engaging manner, which allows students to interact with science or math content their self. Examples include: * data manipulation * responding to data * even creating data So with all these attributes - "How are interactive white boards unsuccessfully used in science and math classrooms?" For the most part - not effectively!

The use of PowerPoint presentations in schools takes advantage of education technology integration strategies and techniques. However, student learning is not improved when These presentations are merely a substitute for note taking bullets from older overhead projectors. To take advantage of The power of this technology, The elimination of boring slide shows must be replaced with interactive story telling that keeps students engaged.

The iPod Touch brings a new dimension to teaching and learning in The science or math classroom - Mobile Learning! No longer are students required to only learn within The confines of Their classroom when using this digital tool.

As a mobile learning device, the iPod Touch encourages learning anytime, anywhere! Applications available for this digital device support and encourage students to develop a greater understanding of math concepts through the lens of personalized learning.

Purplemath contains practical algebra lessons demonstrating useful techniques and pointing out common errors. Lessons are written with the struggling student in mind, and stress the practicalites over the technicalities. Links and other resources also available.

Project Based Learning is an instructional approach built upon authentic learning activities that engage student interest and motivation. these activities are designed to answer a question or solve a problem and generally reflect the types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the science or math classroom.

When word of a natural disaster is spreading from somewhere in the world or announced on the news, students can use Google Earth to conduct an investigation of the disaster's effect.