http://www.teachingscience20.com Teaching Tips (and Ramblings) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:58:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the misconceptions that students have about science is that it is individualistic.  In fact, most scientific research is conducted by teams of scientists.  Here is a fantastic example.(March 4: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100304/sc_nm/us_dinosaurs_asteroid) --- A panel of 41 scientists from across the world reviewed 20 years' worth of research to try to ... http://www.teachingscience20.com/2010/03/dinosaurs-did-not-like-asteroids/ A recent study published in Science shows that melting permafrost under the East Siberian Arctic Shelf is starting to release methane gas from a vast store from the seafloor.  The "greenhouse effect" from methane is 30 times greater than that from carbon dioxide.  As the earth continues to warm, the ... http://www.teachingscience20.com/2010/03/more-bad-news-for-climate-change/ UWO is starting a new strand in our Master of Science in Education - Curriculum and Instruction degree program.  The program is entirely online, can be completed in about 2 years, and tuition is competitively priced. The strand, Teaching 2.0, focuses on helping educators develop a vision for "21st Century" teaching.  ... http://www.teachingscience20.com/2010/01/teaching20gradprog/ Last week, I observed a discussion on Twitter related to Dan Pink’s new book, Driven: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. In this book, Pink reviews the psychological research related to motivation and applies it to business. On one side of the discussion, educators were excited about ... http://www.teachingscience20.com/2010/01/pinkifying-educational-research/ Linda Darling-Hammond’s new book, The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity will Determine Our Future, is a candid and brutal critique of U.S. education policy. Darling-Hammond shows how our educational policy and reform efforts at the state and national level are incoherent, misguided and inequitable. She also ... http://www.teachingscience20.com/2010/01/the-flat-world-and-education/ Over the past 18 months, I have been tinkering around the edges of blogging.  This year, I want to get more serious about blogging -- and creating a resource for teachers.  I will focus on posting more frequently, with a focus primarily on science education - connections between science "news" ... http://www.teachingscience20.com/2010/01/my-new-years-blogging-resolution/ To celebrate the beginning of the second week of the "brokenhagen" climate change socialist fest, I thought it would be a good time for me to reinforce the climate denier manifesto.  Taking these 16 statements to heart will serve you well as you join forces with Lord Monckton ... http://www.teachingscience20.com/2009/12/a-climate-change-denier-manifesto/ TG Daily - Steve Jobs is more popular than Oprahtags: no_tag Junior Achievement surveyed US kids aged 12-17 and asked them to choose the entrepreneur they most admired from a list provided. Surprisingly, teens chose a business legend from the technology sector over fashionistas, Facebook and even the Queen of Daytime. ... http://www.teachingscience20.com/2009/10/web-highlights-weekly-5/ One of the most famous quotes in the history of spaceflight is "Failure is not an Option," by Gene Kranz, Lead Flight Director during Apollo 13.  OF course, he was correct - NASA couldn't afford to fail when lives were on the line.  This quote also shows up as the ... http://www.teachingscience20.com/2009/10/famous-failures/ Guest Blogger: Randy Berndt, Rosholt Public Schools (WI) As a special educator I have used assistive technology in my classroom for a number of years, however it is the technology available to all teachers and students that has changed my classroom this year. A blog, wiki pages and Google Docs have ... http://www.teachingscience20.com/2009/10/web-20-and-special-education/