I’ve been home from the NSTA conference for close to a week now. I’ve spent much of that time recovering and getting myself back on track. My shoulders have been sore all week from packing my laptop around the convention center and also packing around all the materials I got loaded down with at the [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Recovering from the Conference
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged beryllium, bingham canyon, copper mine, copper refining, copper smelting, hobble creek canyon, juab valley, kennecott, magna, mt nebo, nsta conference, oquirrh, rio tinto, smelter, utah lake, wasatch on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Fat Lady Sings
Posted in Uncategorized, Weekly Post, tagged inquiry learning, nsta conference, pheoc, podcasting, scientific inquiry, scientific method, web 2.0, wikis on March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The NSTA conference in Philadelphia is over the convention center crews are tearing down the displays and signs and the teachers have pretty much disappeared, many flying out this morning back to their home states. I’m still here because this building has free WiFi for attendees, so I’m writing one more blog before flying back [...]
Light in My Head and Dead on My Feet
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged conceptual physics, edible science, Juab High School, nsta conference, paul hewitt, reading terminal market, rural schools, small town education, tioga high school on March 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have completed my third day at the NSTA annual conference in Philadelphia and I’m tired . . . emotionally and physically. As the old Jerry Rafferty song went, “Winding my way down on Baker Street, I’m light in my head and dead on my feet, well another crazy day . . . .” I’ve [...]
Riding the Shadow Line
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged building bridges, communication, educational theory, NASA Explorer Schools, nes, nsta conference, personal connections, philosophy of education, science education, septa, solar system educator program, ssep on March 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s now 11:05 a.m. on Saturday, March 20 and my presentation at the NSTA Conference in Philadelphia is done. Whew! But more on that later. This post will seem to be off on a strange tangent at first, but I will tie it into science education in the end. While riding on the Philadelphia public transportation [...]
NSTA Conference Day 1
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged astrobiology, creative students, international year of chemistry, iste, new media skills, nsta, omaha student media project, philadelphia conference, seti, student created video, technology education, video contest on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m going to try the “instantaneous blog” style of posting today. I’m back in Philadelphia for the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) annual conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. I flew in yesterday from Salt Lake City and was met by a friend at the airport who drove me to another friend’s house where I [...]
Overview Video of Our Project
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged business profile video, KUED, Mars exploration, Mars Exploration Student Data Team, mesdt, nsta conference, PBS innovative teachers on March 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s gratifying to see how many people have viewed the videos on the history of the Periodic Table since they were posted a few days ago. As soon as I had them uploaded, I had to turn right around and create another video for a PBS Innovative Teachers contest that I am entering. This video [...]
Periodic Table History Videos Are Done
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged chemical elements, de chancourtois, dmitri mendeleev, edward mazurs, elements, eric scerri, gustavus hinrichs, history of chemistry, john newlands, karlsruhe conference, lothar meyer, nsta conference, periodic table, periodic table history, philosophy of chemistry, video podcasts, william odling on March 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Finally, after months of waiting and effort, the two videos on the history of the periodic table are complete. Here they are: The title of this video is: The Periodic Table Part 1: Before Mendeleev It’s YouTube links are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQghZkTyqP4 (Part 1-A) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-SBTYQNAcM (Part 1-B) The title of this video is: The Periodic [...]
