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Science21stCenturySkillsMapFINAL.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    This 21st Century Skills Map is the result of hundreds ofhours of research, development and feedback from educators and business leaders across the nation. The Partnership has issued this map for the core subject of Science. This tool is available at www.21stcenturyskills.org.
Rhys Daunic

Kids Homepage - National Geographic Education - 0 views

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    mapping tools, homework help, science & social studies research, games & activities.  the mapping tool is interactive, customizeable, downloadable, and impressive at first look. 
Pablo Zatz

Greenhouse Gas Data Publication Tool - 0 views

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    Searchable map of green house emitters. Great dynamic tool for science class.
Rhys Daunic

OLogy from Museum of Natural History - 0 views

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    Science Search Engine for Kids with Games, etc. 
Rhys Daunic

Brooklyn Space Balloon - 1 views

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    Great potential conversation starter for science classes.
Rhys Daunic

What Should Children Read? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • English classes today focus too much on self-expression. “It is rare in a working environment,
  • “narrative nonfiction
  • New Journalism could be applied to most student writing. It benefits from intense reporting, immersion in a subject, imaginative scene setting, dialogue and telling details. These are the very skills most English teachers want students to develop. What’s odd is how rarely such literary nonfiction appears on English — or other class — reading lists.
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  • Narrative nonfiction also provides a bridge between the personal narratives students typically write in elementary school and the essays on external subjects that are more appropriate assignments in high school and beyond.
  • Models of narrative nonfiction are everywhere, on programs like “This American Life” and “Radiolab,” in nonfiction books for young adults, like “Sugar Changed the World” (which is about slavery and science in the pursuit of the food additive), and even in graphic nonfiction works, like “Persepolis,”
  • Students are a natural (and the future) audience for serious, in-depth reporting.
  • literary nonfiction
Rhys Daunic

BioDigital Human: Explore the Body in 3D! - 0 views

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    Explore the Body in 3D!
Rhys Daunic

Educational Videos MEET ME AT THE CORNER - 0 views

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    MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids, is a dynamic, interactive site, which encourages individual expression and participation through video submissions from children worldwide. Through these video pod casts we hope to create a community of children, who learn the art of self-expression and storytelling through video.
Rhys Daunic

Find Your Footprint - Enter - National Geographic - 0 views

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    Teachers, get your students involved and enter your classroom's idea for a chance to win awesome prizes for your school and classroom. ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 3, 2010.
anonymous

National Lab Day - 0 views

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    National Lab Day is more than just a day. It's a nationwide initiative to build local communities of support that will foster ongoing collaborations among volunteers, students and educators.
anonymous

Dare to Compare-NCES Kids' Zone - 0 views

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    Good Math resource especially for probability runs. Interesting questions too in the "dare to compare" section.
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