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Martin Burrett

Wlonk Elements - UKEdChat.com - 17 views

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chemistry science periodic table

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  • Martin Burrett on 31 Jul 17
     
    "An interactive periodic table of elements showing common uses, properties, description and more."
pauljola

The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age | Science | The... - 13 views

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Anthropocene Guardian history

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    Guardian article on Anthropocene
Maureen Greenbaum

How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education - T... - 15 views

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based education competency skill testing

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  • a new teaching approach here called “proficiency-based education” that was inspired by a 2012 state law.
  • law requires that by 2021, students graduating from Maine high schools must show they have mastered specific skills to earn a high school diploma.
  • CompetencyWorks, a national organization t
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  • By 2021, schools must offer diplomas based students reaching proficiency in the four core academic subject areas: English, math, science and social studies. By 2025, four additional subject areas will be included: a second language, the arts, health and physical education.
  • proficiency-based idea has also created headaches at some schools for teachers trying to monitor students’ individual progress.
  • Students have more flexibility to learn at their own pace and teachers get time to provide extra help for students who need it
  • It wasn’t for lack of trying,” Bowen said. “It was a systems design problem.”
  • offer students clarity about what they have to learn and how they are expected to demonstrate they’ve learned it.
  • at schools that have embraced the new system, teachers say they are finding that struggling students are seeing the biggest gains because teachers are given more time to re-teach skills and students better understand the parameters for earning a diploma.
  • Deciding to believe that all students are capable of learning all of the standards, she said, “was scary.”
  • Multiple-choice questions have virtually disappeared. Homework is checked, but not graded.
  • students get less than a proficient score, they must go back and study the skill they missed. They are then given a chance to retake the relevant portions of the test until they earn a satisfactory score.
  • We inherited a structure for schooling that was based on time and on philosophical beliefs that learning would be distributed across a bell curve,
  • get crystal clear about what we want students to know and be able to do and then how to measure it.”
jnet0124

Can Mary Shelley's Frankenstein be read as an early research ethics text? | Medical Hum... - 7 views

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  • Can Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein be read as an early research ethics text?
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  • Frankenstein is an early and balanced text on the ethics of research upon human subjects and that it provides insights that are as valid today as when the novel was written.
  • Mary Shelley conceived the idea for and started writing Frankenstein in 1816 and it was first published in 1818.1 In its historical context, the earlier 17th and 18th centuries had seen the early signs of the rise of science and experimentation. Francis Bacon (1561–1626) had laid the theoretical foundations in his “Great Insauration”2 and scientists such as Boyle, Newton, and Hooke developed the experimental methods. Sir Robert Talbor, a 17th century apothecary and one of the key figures in developing the use of quinine to treat fevers, underlined this: “the most plausible reasons unless backed by some demonstrable experiments seem but suppositions or conjectures”.3
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  • The 18th century saw the continued construction of foundations upon which all subsequent medical experimentation has been built.
  • Lady Mary Montagu promoted smallpox vaccination; its proponents experimented on prisoners to study its efficacy, and James Jurin, the secretary of the Royal Society, developed mathematical proof of this in the face of ecclesiastical opposition.4 Many of the modern concepts of therapeutic trials were described although not widely accepted. Empirical observation through experimentation was starting to be recognised as the tool that allowed ascertainment of fact and truth. An account of Dr Bianchini’s experiments on “Le Medicin Electrique”, reported to the Royal Society explains that “The experiments were made by Dr Bianchini assisted by several curious and learned men … who not being able to separate what was true … determined to be guided by their own experiments and it was by this most troublesome though of all the others the most sure way, that they have learned to reject a great number of what have been published as facts.”5
  • Similarly, Henry Baker’s report to the Royal Society, describing Abbe Nollet’s experiments, outlined the need for comparative studies and that “treatment should not be condemned without a fair trial”6 and a Belgian doctor, Professor Lambergen, describing the use of deadly nightshade for the treatment of breast cancer wrote “Administration of this plant certainly merits the attention of the medical profession; and surely one may add entitles the medicine to future trials … nevertheless the most efficacious medicines are such if its efficacy by repeated trials be approved.”7 In the mid 18th century James Lind conducted the first controlled trial to establish a cure for scurvy and his Treatise on the Scurvy contains what could be seen in modern terminology as the first “review of the current literature” prior to a clinical trial.8
  • Her motives for writing Frankenstein are more difficult to define. In her introduction to the 1831 edition she writes that she wanted her work to … speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror—one to make the reader dread to look round. If I did not accomplish these things, my ghost story would be unworthy of its name … (p 7, p 8)
  • The 1818 preface, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, indicates a deeper purpose. He wrote that the story recommends itself as it “…affords a point of view on the imagination for the delineating of human passions more comprehensive and commanding than any which the ordinary relations of existing events can yield…” (p 11) and that “…I am by no means indifferent to the manner in which ... moral tendencies (that) exist in the sentiments of characters shall affect the reader…”(p 12).
Martin Burrett

Ecology Lab - 18 views

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biology ecology animals food chain food web science

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  • Martin Burrett on 24 Nov 17
     
    "An interesting food chain/web simulator to help your pupils understand the interdependence within an ecosystem."
Marc Patton

Enter to win true sport award for your middle or high school program - 2 views

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Grants Science Teaching_Ideas

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  • Marc Patton on 28 Jun 12
     
    The life lessons learned through sport transcend the athletic experience. The True Sport Awards program offers FREE curriculums, resources, and the opportunity to receive program funding for high-impact programs that teach young people ethical decision-making skills, integrity, body type & body image differences, healthy lifestyle nutrition, smart consumerism around dietary supplements, and the dangers of performance-enhancing substances.
Martin Burrett

5 Offline Coding Ideas by @ICTmagic - 22 views

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coding computer science

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  • Martin Burrett on 25 Nov 17
     
    Coding ideas you can do without a device
Deborah Baillesderr

Algodoo - 71 views

www.algodoo.com

physics science ipad interactive education app stem

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  • Deborah Baillesderr on 05 Dec 15
     
    "Algodoo gives you the opportunity to play with physics. Use your own hands and simple drawing tools to design, construct and explore the world of physics."
Bob Martin

Biology Animation Library :: Dolan DNA Learning Center - 79 views

www.dnalc.org/...index.html

biology science animation web2.0

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  • Bob Martin on 11 Jan 10
     
    Lots of biology concepts animations
Roland O'Daniel

BioDigital Human - 117 views

www.biodigitalhuman.com/default.html

anatomy interactive biology science 3D simulation

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  • Roland O'Daniel on 07 Oct 11
     
    Great site for 3D views of the human body!
Martin Burrett

STEM education around the world by @HowToSTEM - 13 views

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STEM science maths math engineering technology

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  • Martin Burrett on 22 Nov 18
     
    "How does STEM education differ between these countries? Who is doing it 'best'? We've done our research and these are the findings"
Glenda Baker

Complete List of Google Earth Activities - 294 views

serc.carleton.edu/...activities.html

googleearth science google education technology

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  • Glenda Baker on 17 Oct 11
     
    Great list of resources - lots on Google Earth  
kimdoyle

Books on Clouds - 35 views

Cloud-Book- by Tomie-dePaolaShapes in the Sky: A Book About Clouds by Josepha ShermanExtraordinary Clouds by Richard HamblynThe Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds by ...

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