I've been in England for the past two weeks, and will be writing a few posts about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill reporting on the views of this catastrophe from the U.K.
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Daddy, Did you plug the hole yet?
As we all know, President Obama told the story that his daughter knocked on the bathroom door while he was shaving, and asked him, "Have you plugged the hole yet, Daddy?" As science teachers we are reminded that this question is the kind of question our youth asks...
The BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
As of today, no one really knows how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico threatening the entire Gulf Coast Region, and possibly Florida and the East Coast. NOAA is using an estimate of 210,000 gallons of oil per day (5,000 barrels), but in a closed door...
Earthday and the Global Thinking Project
In 1987 I met Sergey Tolstikov, who at the time was the lead English teacher at Moscow Experimental Gymnasium 710. Sergey, along with many of his colleagues at School 710, and other schools in Moscow, St. Petersburg (Leningrad at the time), Pushchino, Yasoslav, and...
Promoting Personal, Social and Ecological Science Education
Within the science education community there has been a movement to explore the relationships among science, technology and society (STS), and this movement has a long history. In fact, its history parallels the more conventional or traditional view of science...
From Earthday to Earthmonth: A Holistic Approach to Science Teaching
On Wednesday (Today) we celebrate Earthday, founded on April 22, 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson, and around the world it is a day that focuses on educating all of us for the environment with activities, celebrations, conferences, and programs. You can visit the...
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