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"Science is best taught in a hands-on manner. For around $10 per student (plus fabric or other materials), they can create wearable circuits that will teach them not only about how circuits work, but also the fine motor skills involved in sewing, the planning skills associated with creating schematic diagrams, and the challenge of planning out more intricate circuits."

from | Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension. An important message not only for students but for adults. Without failure how are we supposed to learn, grow and move forward as a learning community. We are penalized for making mistakes then we never take a risk.

Published on 23 May 2012 Here is a song I created to help my 6th grade students study. I hope you enjoy. For internal balance your body in control

"There's a buzz around Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education these days. Teachers on all levels, administrators, education standards writers, and government agencies know that our country needs to produce students skilled in the STEM fields to fill jobs and continue our country's tradition of innovation."

"These students are part of the Children's Innovation Project, an effort for young children to create with technology in new and meaningful ways. The project is now in its fifth year of development at Pittsburgh Allegheny K-5 in the Pittsburgh Public Schools."

"A new product from Carnegie Mellon University's famous Robotics Institute (RI) was designed specifically to make intro classes to computer science engaging for students."

One of my foundational rules of classroom engagement is simply this: never be the first one to open your mouth and start talking about any topic. Twenty years in the classroom taught me that one. Never assume. Never take prior knowledge for granted. Listen first, then act. Never presume to know what the students in front of you are capable of. They'll show you if you are bold enough to listen.

Multiverse at the University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory provides earth and space science educational opportunities and resources for a variety of audiences, especially for those who are underrepresented in the sciences. Our audiences include teachers, students, education and outreach professionals, and the public. We partner with NASA, the National Science Foundation, scientists, teachers, science center and museum educators, park interpreters, and others ...

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"Full Moon Silhouettes is a real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away on the other side of the city."

That video is fabulous! I'm sharing it with my students.