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Science teacher: The electric slide - 0 views

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energy biology physics

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  • John Burk on 21 Feb 12
     
    great post describing energy. 
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Homework Presentation Rubric V1 « Science Learnification - 0 views

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homework rubric

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  • John Burk on 21 Feb 12
     
    interesting rubric for presenting high level problems in 3rd yr qm class. 
John Burk

Colleges looking beyond the lecture - The Washington Post - 0 views

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lecutre

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  • The lecture backlash signals an evolving vision of college as participatory exercise. Gone are the days when the professor could recite a textbook in class. The watchword of today is “active learning.” Students are working experiments, solving problems, answering questions — or at least registering an opinion on an interactive “smartboard” with an electronic clicker.
  • A new biology course had 22 freshmen fan out across campus last fall for dirt samples, from which each student culled a new and heretofore unknown virus. Now, the class has picked one virus for genetic mapping.
  • Not all the ideas are new. At the University of Maryland College Park, engineering professors eliminated introductory lecture courses in 1991. Since then, students have spent the crucial first year engaged in actual engineering, building swing sets, helicopters and hovercrafts.
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Colleges looking beyond the lecture - The Washington Post - 0 views

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lecture

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  • The lecture backlash signals an evolving vision of college as participatory exercise. Gone are the days when the professor could recite a textbook in class. The watchword of today is “active learning.” Students are working experiments, solving problems, answering questions — or at least registering an opinion on an interactive “smartboard” with an electronic clicker.
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I Taught My Dog to Whistle - 0 views

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blogroll

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  • John Burk on 20 Feb 12
     
    7th grade life science teacher in central wisconsin
John Burk

dy/dan » Blog Archive » [3ACTS] Joulies - 0 views

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specific_heat chemistry physics

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  • John Burk on 17 Feb 12
     
    great multimedia experiment on Joulies coffee warmers. 
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Great idea for mitosis/meiosis/transcription/translation/synthesis - 0 views

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protein_synthesis project_based_learning project_ideas biology

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  • John Burk on 16 Feb 12
     
    great idea--have students make stop motion movie animating various biological processes. 
John Burk

MythBusters: The Gentleman Scientist : Video : Discovery Channel - 1 views

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video light optics speed_of_light wonde

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    great video of Adam Savage explaining Fizeau's measuremnt of the speed of light. 
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Women in physics: A tale of limits | Print Edition - Physics Today - 0 views

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women_in_physics

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  • John Burk on 16 Feb 12
     
    very interesting article on women in physics based on survey of 15K respondents. 
John Burk

Science Fair advice « Gas station without pumps - 0 views

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  • John Burk on 16 Feb 12
     
    great science fair advice from bioinformatics professor & judge
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More science fair advice « Gas station without pumps - 0 views

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science_fair

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  • John Burk on 16 Feb 12
     
    great science fair advice from a bioinformatics prof & judge
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Embracing The Challenges Of Science Education : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR - 0 views

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best_stuff motivation physics inspiration

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  • I never let my students forget that pairing of difficulty with results, because I never forget it. I let them know they are engaged in a sacred task that connects them to millennia of human effort encoded in their genes. If they can fight their way to the truth, the truth will make them free, just as it did for me that day in high school physics.
  • To engage with the world in search of any kind of Truth is an expression of the search for excellence. That, by its very nature, is desperately difficult. There will always be a price to be paid in time, sweat and tears. We should never sugarcoat that reality.
  • We want to teach students more than just how to get jobs, we also want to teach them how to live with depth and for purposes that stretch beyond their own immediate interests. We should never forget that connection. If we do, we are in danger of losing more than just the next generation of science majors.
John Burk

The Virtuosi: Time Keeps On Slippin' - 0 views

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Uncertainty time physics lab_ideas project_ideas

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  • John Burk on 13 Feb 12
     
    Great analysis of the precision of wristwatch by comparing to NIST time. 
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The sarcastic astronaut (20 pictures) » flojectile.com - 0 views

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humor

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  • John Burk on 12 Feb 12
     
    a hilarious science meme
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How Schlieren Imaging Works | Talking Physics - 1 views

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project_ideas optics index_of_refraction physics

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  • John Burk on 10 Feb 12
     
    very cool explanation of schlieren imaging
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