STS 126, Space Shuttle Endeavor is set to launch tonight from Kennedy Space Center. Seven astronauts will ride into space aboard the shuttle under a full moon. Here is a close up of Endeavor just prior to lift off!
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Adventures in Geology–Is it pedagogy or petrology? Transforming Practice
In the last two posts, I've discussed the recent research that focuses on girls and science, and how teachers can make transformations in their practice to incorporate recent research. Making a transformation in ones teaching is challenging and indeed a creative...
Union of Concerned Students
A bit of play on words, but today I received an email (which was sent to hundreds of people) from Kevin Knobloch, President of the Union of Concerned Scientists. In the letter, Knobloch, who sees the election of Obama as a historical moment for the Union of Concerned...
Teaching Science Nonverbally: The Power of Visual Images and Sounds
I know that this topic seems a bit out of place, but I wanted to follow up comments made by David Calladine, one of the readers of this weblog. David teaches science in the UK, and specializes in teaching environmental science. One of his entries was in response to...
A (Crude) Oil Lesson
Gas prices are down in the $2 range, and Thomas Friedman says that it leaves him with mixed feelings. In his bi-weekly New York Times column today, he reminded us that when gas prices went beyond $4, Americans changed a lot---drove less, polluted less, exercised...
Infusing Global ‘Thinking’ into Science Teaching
Some 15 years ago I met Boris Berenfeld, a scientist and researcher working at TERC (he is now a principal researcher at the Concord Consortium) on the Global Lab project, which was developed during the time I was working with colleagues in the US and Russia on the...
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