LCS Science Team Sharing

A new take on the Scientific Theory - " So whether you're researching, observing, experimenting, or just exploring, the Cycle still works and provides a good framework for scientific skills, while also teaching students that scientists approach questions in different ways."

Segment on Deductive Reasoning for fun.

"The Big Bang Theory Scientific Method Clip Season 6 Episode 5"

GOOD EXAMPLES of why correlation is not cause and effect.

This website encourages a teacher to develop"a Questioning Toolkit which contains several dozen kinds of questions and questioning tools". It also classifies and gives many examples of question that lead to learning.

"The scientific process of asking questions and seeking answers serves as the foundation of the Institute for Inquiry®. The Institute provides a variety of workshops, forums, and resources to support an international community of scientists and educators dedicated to developing innovation and leadership in science education." This website includes self-directed workshops for educators to work through.

"Gravity visualised" Dan Burns explains his space-time warping demo at a PTSOS workshop at Los Gatos High School, on March 10, 2012"

Some great video resources for all sorts of purposes in a Science Class - hooks, lessons, exploration...

New Safe ON Science available October 15th. Safety Resource for High School Teachers (Ontario) - good core resource. Pre-order made for LCS.

A warning and plea to not use bulk Methanol as a fuel in demos. Along with some other safety suggestions

At this time (Sept 2014), these are primarily Physics Demos. Interesting and attractive visuals.

Flipped classroom boosts grades in Engineering Courses

A model to  re-examine Bloom's taxonomy that runs on an x-y axis.  Where thinking continuum is the y axis, and the action continuum runs along the x axis. This model is designed t help teacher examine rigour/resilience and the thinking in their classrooms.

An overview of Inquiry Based Learning as an umbrella of Project-baed learning, problem-based learning, and design based learning.

Bozeman Science explains the AP Science Practises and uses the new AP Biology Exam questions throughout 8 videos to help with the explanation.

Video Lessons from MIT instructors (Math, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering) on many topics connected to real world applications.

Inspiring Story - Thanking a Science Teacher.

This is why we teach... teachers are special people!