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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By Michael Doig on Monday, September 1, 2008Filed Under: Featured, Lesson Planning, Teaching Tips
Meeting a new class can be both intimidating and exciting. Icebreakers are a good way to get students active and participating early. Here are 5 ways you can start your classes off on the right foot.
Two Truths and a Lie
For this icebreaker you will pass out 3×5 cards to everyone and ask them to write [...]
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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 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 Michael Doig on Monday, February 11, 2008Filed Under: Lesson Planning, Teaching Tips
I recently stumbled upon the Apple Learning Interchange which is a social network for educators. You can find a wealth of content ranging from simple lesson ideas to in-depth curriculum units for K-12 educators as well as a new channel for Higher Education faculty showcasing campus projects, research and more. Some of the lesson highlights [...]
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