By Michael Doig on Thursday, September 4, 2008Filed Under: Lesson Planning, News
Howdy! It looks like you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. As a subscriber you will receive the “101 Science Misconceptions” eBook free.New York state has updated the Scope and Sequence for high school science classes. The updated document is still labeled as a draft, but there are lots of [...]
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Group activities that truly engage students are hard to come by. This lesson is one of those activities.
Space ship takes a look at rebuilding human civilization. What if the world was coming to an end? Who should we choose to continue the human race?
Students are taken on a thought provoking journey to a [...]
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By Michael Doig on Thursday, August 14, 2008Filed Under: Featured, Lesson Planning, Video
Thank you everyone who attended the Dynamic Earth Professional Development. Below you will find the PowerPoint presentations that I used. If you have any questions about the presentations, feel free to leave a comment. Don’t forget to sign up for the forums.
Day 1 - The Big Bang
Day 2 - Our Solar System
Day 3 - Earth’s [...]
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By Michael Doig on Tuesday, August 12, 2008Filed Under: Featured, Lesson Planning, Video
This list provides examples of literary terms, primarily in videos and images, though there are a few written texts here for now. … Hopefully this helps define, work with, teach, and learn these terms. http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2008/08/lit-terms-modern-media/ 1) Radiation & Conduction 2) Atmospheric Layers 3) Big Bang 4) Plate Tectonics
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By Michael Doig on Monday, July 28, 2008Filed Under: Featured, eBooks
I want to tell you about a free eBook I’m giving away to my RSS subscribers as part of a site re-launch. I’ve been working hard over the past few months on this book and creating several new ScienceBoom episodes. The book contains 101 science misconceptions along with some great illustrations done by Ramsey Ess. [...]
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By Sarah Drake on Sunday, February 3, 2008Filed Under: Featured, Lesson Planning, Teaching Tips
Many of the science courses that students are required to take culminate in a standardized exam. The content that is tested on the exam ultimately determines much of the information that is covered throughout the course. Unfortunately, most of these exams test rather arbitrary pieces of knowledge and leave little time for teaching [...]
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