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Science of the Olympic Winter Games
Photo of ice skater, words Science of the Winter Olympic Games, and logos of NBC Learn, NSF and Vancover Olympics
NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, has teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to produce Science of the Olympic Winter Games, a 16-part video series that explores the science behind individual Olympic events, including Downhill and Aerial Skiing, Speed Skating and Figure Skating, Curling and Hockey, and Ski Jumping, Bobsledding and Snowboarding.
This groundbreaking project between the NSF and NBC Learn uses the global spotlight of the Olympics to make science more accessible and more interesting to students by showing how science helps athletes fulfill the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius--Swifter, Higher, Stronger. Read more about the "Science of the Olympic Winter Games."
Each video is complemented with lesson plans which include fun classroom activities. The lesson plans were written by teachers at Academic Business Consultants for grades 6-9 and are aligned with California State Standards. Get your lesson plans and activities at Lessonopoly. "
Students learn that, because anyone can publish on the Web,
they must carefully evaluate the sites they use for research. They review
evaluation criteria and use a checklist to "grade" informational sites.
Students learn how to write bibliographic citations for online
sources following the style recommended by the Modern Language Association.
Students learn how to write bibliographic citations for online
sources following the style recommended by the Modern Language Association.
Students learn that, because anyone can publish on the Web,
they must carefully evaluate the sites they use for research. They review
evaluation criteria and use a checklist to "grade" informational sites.
Students learn that when cyberbullying includes threats to safety, they must
involve trusted adults. They develop a plan to enable students to report
cyberbullying to school authorities anonymously.
Students explore the benefits of online talk and messaging and consider
scenarios in which they might feel uncomfortable or be asked to give away
private identity information. They identify situations in which flirting and
sexual talk is risky and discuss safety rules to apply online.
7th grade??? Not quite sure where to put this one but this is one we need to be covering with our kids and our parents
Students explore a scenario in which a friendly relationship
turns to a bullying one involving cell phones and computers. Then they
create a glossary of abbreviations that will give contextual clues to text
messages.
Students learn they can converse and share ideas and opinions with others in
cyberspace. They adopt a critical thinking process that empowers them to protect
themselves and their families as they visit sites requesting private identity
information.
When you know the specific information you need, keyword searching is the most
effective method of searching on the World Wide Web. Students learn strategies
to increase the accuracy of their search. They compare the number and kinds of
sites obtained and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies.
Students learn strategies for getting immediate help with
their homework, including going online with an adult to homework help search
services and reference databases.
Students are guided through a multi-lesson project to collaborate in making real-world purchasing decisions using mathematical and critical thinking skills and accessing Internet resources to collect information.
Students learn that, although the Internet makes it very
easy, copying others' work and presenting it as one's own is unethical.
They also learn about circumstances in which it is permissible to copy
others' work.
Students consider that while they are enjoying their favorite
children's Web sites, they may encounter messages from other children that
can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. They explore ways to handle
a particular cyberbullying situation, learn some basic prevention rules,
and propose actions to take to calm down when online language makes them
angry.
Students learn that sometimes youths in groups think and
behave differently than they would if each person was alone. They examine
the role of the bystander in cyberbullying situations and develop an ethical
pledge for bystanders.
By examining and identifying actual online requests for private
information, students learn to apply the same safety rules in cyberspace
as they use when encountering strangers in the face-to-face world.
"So you're saying that as long as we have parents working and essentially getting free babysitting we'll have teachers."
"Yes, I guess so. Don't get me wrong, I value education and my role as a teacher. It's just that the primary role of a teacher is socialization. No one says it outright. We talk about learning to read and yes, that's true. But on some level, schools raise kids while parents work."
""So you're saying that as long as we have parents working and essentially getting free babysitting we'll have teachers."
"Yes, I guess so. Don't get me wrong, I value education and my role as a teacher. It's just that the primary role of a teacher is socialization. No one says it outright. We talk about learning to read and yes, that's true. But on some level, schools raise kids while parents work." "
Math practice tool for educators and families that adapts to a student's individual level of proficiency and includes achievement awards and progress reports. Various membership options are available and non-members are always welcome.
Students explore the consequences of unintended audiences viewing their social
network profiles. They consider four key characteristics of social network sites
and how they might affect teens as they try out new identities. Then, students
collaborate to write a letter to parents demonstrating their understanding of
issues related to unintended online audiences.
Students explore how bullying behaviors on social networking sites and cell
phones can affect teens around the clock. They identify positive actions that
bystanders can take to alleviate a particular scenario. Then they write a letter
to the editor discussing the positives and negatives of social networking sites,
messaging, and cell phone technologies used by teens.
Students learn to think critically about their choices of Web sites for research
by using an evaluation checklist that discusses the key characteristics of
trustworthy sites. A sampling of sites on a topic of high interest to students
provides the lesson context. Optional strategies for the use of Web 2.0 tools
are included. Extend the lesson to examine the use of Wikipedia.
Students explore real stories of cyber security
threats and damage and learn
to think
responsibly about securing their families' data at home and when using
public computers. They think creatively about how
to talk with their families
about cyber security
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Another change relates to reading. In the first study, many children were willing to read instructions before, say, starting a game. Now many kids behave more like adult users and refuse to read. This reduced willingness to read seems related to experience: the more experience our users had, the less they read.
8th to 10th grade text for broad consumer audiences
Advertising and promotions
Can't distinguish from real content
Ads avoided (banner blindness); promos viewed skeptically
And it's confusing when pages have multiple links to the same destination, because users don't know whether the various links actually point to the same place or have slightly different meanings.
avoid redundant navigation schemes for adult users
Kids suffer from a learned path bias: they tend to reuse the same method they've used before to initiate an action. In our studies, we often saw kids who had been successful with a certain approach to a site stick determinedly to that approach over and over again, even as it failed them during subsequent tasks that required them to use a different navigation scheme.
The main predictor of children's ability to use websites is their amount of prior experience.
On a more negative note, kids still don't understand the Web's commercial nature and lack the skills needed to identify advertising and treat it differently than real content.
And don't swallow the myth of the digital native. Just because your teens Facebook, IM, and Youtube, don't assume they know the rhetoric of blogging, collective knowledge gathering techniques of taggers and social bookmarkers, collaborative norms of wiki work, how to tune and feed a Twitter network, the art of multimedia argumentation - and, by far most importantly, online crap detection.
I teach courses today on social media issues at Stanford and Berkeley.
The most important critical uncertainty today is how many of us learn to use digital media and networks effectively, reasonably, credibly, collaboratively, civilly, humanely.
For the International Polar Year, the Exploratorium gave polar scientists cameras and blogs and asked them to document their field work in real time. Follow along on their adventures and see what it's like to be a research scientist in the Arctic or Antarctica.
Artsonia is a kids art museum where young artists and students display their art for other kids worldwide to view. This gallery displays schools (K-12) and student art projects in our museum and offer exciting lesson plan art project ideas.
Students extend their understanding of “property” to include
not only computer equipment but also the work of others, and then discuss
rules for respecting such property.
Students learn that bullying behaviors may take place when
they are online. They brainstorm slogans to remind one another that they
can get help from a trusted adult.
2nd - would be great when we start the instrument game and they ask about the password
Students explore, evaluate, and compare several children's
informational Web sites, concluding that people's opinions about the quality
and usefulness of sites will vary.
"Students are dropped into the story and invited to particiapte, learning through exploration, problem solving, and critical thinking. The world highlights famous real-world landmarks, historical figures, inventions, culture, nature, and wildlife. "
"CarrotSticks is free for unlimited practice and competition in Addition. You can purchase CarrotSticks Plus for $5.95 per month, which allows for unlimited practice and competition in Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division for a fraction of the cost of most tutoring services!
CarrotSticks is currently free for unlimited classroom use. If you're a teacher interested in using CarrotSticks with your students, contact us to find out more! "
"Meet us here on October 21, 2009, for the first Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day. This groundbreaking, live interactive web event brings together students and educators from across the country to solve your toughest assignments and explore the power of using Wolfram|Alpha for school, college, and beyond."
If you use Microsoft Word, learn how to insert comments into Word documents. Highlight a word or phrase, go to Insert, select Comments, type your comment, and close the window. When a student moves the cursor over that word or phrase, the comment will pop up. Comments are a great editing and motivating tool for kids. Use them to guide drafting and brainstorming and to help students peer edit and work collaboratively on group projects.
Include
some that say "Save your work; do not go any further until you help your neighbors reach this point."
This iPad mirroring is the important bit. It means that your screen is now interactive again. Not interactive by coming up and touching the screen (I’ve never been able to work out why on earth you would want that functionality with older students anyway!?), but interactive through mirroring any number of tablet devices in the hands of the students and teachers in the room.
The most recent iPad 2s I purchased were around $363. That would mean each class with these LCD screens could also receive an extra 13 iPads – that’s roughly enough for half the students in the class.
So, lets summarise: school administrators can choose to continue purchasing IWBs for between $5000 and $9000. Or, for the same price, they can get a mobile big screen LCD, with no ongoing globe or servicing costs; a Mac Mini (or Apple TV as another way cheaper way to mirror iPads on the screen); and iPads for around half the class.