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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

Around the world without leaving school: virtual field trips take off - LancasterOnline... - 0 views

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    Perhaps of interest to people thinking differently about field trips... and perhaps not...
Tanya Baker

A student voice rubric from NYC high school students - 1 views

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    A student voice rubric... might be of interest to Intersections projects focused on increasing student voice in informal spaces
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Literacy and Science: Each in the Service of the Other - 0 views

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    We use conceptual and empirical lenses to examine synergies between inquiry science and literacy teaching and learning of K-12 (kindergarten through high school) curriculum. We address two questions: (i) how can reading and writing be used as tools to support inquiry-based science, and (ii) how do reading and writing benefit when embedded in an inquiry-based science setting? After elaborating the theoretical and empirical support for integrated approaches, we discuss how to support their implementation in today's complicated curricular landscape.
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

i3 Project Combines English with Science to Meet the Needs of ELL Students in Both Subj... - 0 views

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    describes the i3 grant granted to the Exploratorium and SOnoma county schools for professional development to support the development of science lessons for elementary aged ELLs
Tanya Baker

Chemistry, Physics, Biology Groups Respond to Science Standards - Curriculum Matters - ... - 0 views

  • The only way we see these standards in most primary schools is with a science specialist, because the level of both science content and science process skill that the teacher needs to have ... is more than almost any elementary teacher has had to have at this point. So we either will have to re-educate all the elementary teachers out there, or have a science specialist in each school."
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.
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Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions - CNN.com - 1 views

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    an example of a fascinating student inquiry
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