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Started this discussion. Last reply by Kim Lightle Nov 27, 2012.
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The standards are now available at www.nextgenscience.org. The new standards establish learning expectations in science for K–12 students combining three important dimensions—science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts. NGSS provides a cohesive approach to science instruction that will significantly change the way science is taught and learned.
Twenty-six states led the development of…
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Immediately following the January 8 release of the second public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards, on Wednesday, January 9, at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern), NSTA will host a web seminar on key components of the second NGSS draft featuring Stephen Pruitt, Vice President for Content, Research and Development for Achieve. The 90-minute webinar will also include NSTA President Karen Ostlund. To register for the web seminar, click here:…
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Are you interested in participating in a pilot study of a new middle and high school curriculum designed to teach students about climate change and the impacts of climate change on biological communities? If so, the University of Michigan with support from the National Science Foundation developed a curriculum that fuses core science content with scientific practices in several important topic areas including weather and climate, the greenhouse effect, and the carbon cycle. This online…
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From NSTA Newsletter: NSTA and the CBC have selected the annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12. This year's list includes books by well-known authors like Seymour Simon and Nic Bishop, focuses on some of the most primal concepts (what does an animal do on the first day of its life?), and even explains why the vampire myth persists in our society. The books on this list feature captivating stories of human achievement—like those of Rachel Carson or the diverse…
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Decorating your Halloween pumpkin mathematically this year? The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) wants to know. Send photos of your mathematical gourds to editor@maa.org to see them added to the MAA's Facebook gallery. MAA will feature the best one on its…
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Hi Kim, thank you for the kind comment and setting up the link to my blog MSP2.
Hello Kim Lightle,
Thank you for your warm welcome.THis is a great site! What interets me most is the blogs and forum! It's a nice site for STEM!
Hello Kim,
Thank you so much for making me part of the team. This is my first year teaching and needless to say...I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. I have been a Professional Engineer for the past 14 years and decided to "make a difference" and close the achievement gap by joining the Nashville Teaching Fellows organization over this past summer. Needless to say the "very brief" bootcamp that they put you through is not enough to prepare you for the "real classroom"!! At this point I'm just trying to reach out for as much help as I can get. Currently my goal is to try and make my classroom more fun, interesting and exciting; I feel like I just lecture at this point and I am not getting through. If you have any ideas/suggestions I am more than open. I keep hearing about differentiating instruction,creating centers, using manipulatives etc....but all of this is foreign to me and I am not getting the support to figure this out...so I'm DESPERATELY doing research online...any help/ideas/suggestions would be GRRRREATLY APPRECIATED!!!
Sincerely,
A Echols
Since this will be the first time for us can you make any suggestions?
Hi Kim
Thank you for the warm welcome. We are all excited about starting a project based STEM program. I had the first class yesterday and the students were quite interested. We went over microprocessor basics and the weeks to com we shall learn up to the point where we can program and interface a microcontroller. Hope to hear from you again soon
Michael
Hi Kim,
Thank you for your warm welcome. I am looking forward to using the resources of the Middle School Portal. I will be working as a coach to a principal of a middle school, and since my background is primarily high school, I want to make sure I have as many sources of good ideas as possible for this work. The school where I will be coaching is very specailized in that it uses a co-teaching model in all classrooms. The school's focus is inclusion of all learners. I will be looking for ideas that support differentiated instruction so that students on Individualized Education Plans get equal access to the math and science curricula. I look forward to visiting this site often.
Sincerely,
Charlie
Same here, Kim! And thanks to you and Jessica for your fabulously helpful evaluation of science resources in relation to the Common Core last week. I'm looking forward to learning from you all.
Thanks,
Dov
Thank you for the warmth welcome ms. Kim. I am still navigating this site, and trying to promote MSP2 as well.
Hi Kim,
Thanks for the great webinar on cyberbullying a couple of days ago. I'm pretty familiar with CSM and their resources, but still a very valuable experience. I would be happy to help put together some resources on digital literacy and digital citizenship. Please let me know what you are thinking!
Ed
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