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Tanya Baker

ASDC: Reports: Effectively Engaging Under-represented Groups - 0 views

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    ASDC Report that shows how science and discovery centers effectively engage underrepresented groups. Philadelphia and Fort Collins, this seems particularly pertinent to your Intersections work.
Tanya Baker

STEM and Writing: A Super Combination | Edutopia - 1 views

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    NWP teacher consultant on why writing and science go together.
Tanya Baker

How to See a Black Hole: Introducing Dark Star Diaries | Dark Star Diaries, Scientific ... - 1 views

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    THis is a new blog by Seth Fletcher, a science writer who is working on a book documenting the event horizon telescope
Tanya Baker

How Elementary School Teachers' Biases Can Discourage Girls From Math and Science - NYT... - 0 views

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    Effect of encouragement/discouragement on elementary school students' later pursuits. Might be of interest to AZ Intersections team
Tanya Baker

The Dumbest Question You Can Ask a Scientist - Medium - 0 views

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    interesting essay about the value of science
Tanya Baker

Puke in Space from ISS Commander Chris Hadfield | Popular Science - 0 views

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    Today, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield passed command of the International Space Station to cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov. Hadfield's command has been so much fun, because he not only plays guitar and tweets prolifically; he also gamely answers almost any kind of question in a series of space FYI videos.
Tanya Baker

Education Week: Common Science Standards Face Capacity Issues - 0 views

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    This Ed Week article lists capacity issues (teacher education, professional development, assessment development, availability of materials) in taking up the NGSS
Elyse Eidman-Aadahl

Crochet Coral Reef - 0 views

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    Check out this brilliant idea for an interest-driven science project -- the Hyperbolic Chrochet Coral Reef.
Tanya Baker

The DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition - 0 views

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    for 7th to 12th grade students, perhaps some of your projects would like to incorporate opportunities for students to write for the public, such as in this challenge, or for other audiences
Tanya Baker

Home . PLUM LANDING | PBS KIDS - 0 views

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    This new family science website aimed at kids 6-9 might be of interest to Intersections teams building projects for youth in this age group. It includes an app that allows students to take photos and upload them in COPPA safe ways
Tanya Baker

National Lab Network - 0 views

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    National Lab Day website
Tanya Baker

Neal Stephenson joins us for the first Stranger Than Fiction podcast. - Slate Magazine - 0 views

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    This pod cast features Neal Stephenson (who will be a keynote at ASTC's fall conference) and Tim Wu discussing whether we are living in the future...
lmarino

How to take a walk in the woods - 2 views

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    Help with harnessing the inner scientist in us all
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    I LOVE this piece. thanks for sharing it!
Tanya Baker

Astrogarden Rover: How Can We Design a Garden for Mars? | Environment on GOOD - 0 views

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    Can we grow a garden on Mars? would students like to research and write about this question? Maybe an idea or an idea stimulator for an intersections project?
Tanya Baker

Cracks in the Periodic Table: Scientific American - 0 views

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    The history and future of the periodic table
Tanya Baker

WATCH: Problem Solvers! | Learning Matters - 1 views

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    A report on Expeditions curriculum in a Maine Middle School.  I love it
Tanya Baker

Physics teacher adopts Google Glass, gives students a glance at CERN (video) - 0 views

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    This physics teacher gives a lecture from inside CERN's Hadron Collider wearing Google Glass. How cool is that? What would his students write about?!?
Tanya Baker

Listening to the River - A Program of Learning Focused on Watersheds - 0 views

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    Mark St. John shared this program as an example of a place-based program.
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    From Mark St. John-- this might be helpful to teams, especially MT and AZ in their place-based work. Enjoy!
Tanya Baker

Meet The Doctor Who Thinks We've Got America's Biggest Health Problem Backward - 0 views

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    this doctor talks about what happens when we are blinded by our beliefs and unable to "follow the evidence" with open minds to new ideas
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