In my last post, I showed the statistics of what this blog has accomplished so far. I feel very good about where we’ve been, but now it’s time to describe where I plan on going this coming year. Given that I am not teaching chemistry this school year, my work on the Elements Unearthed project [...]
Posts Tagged ‘science education’
Plans for 2012
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged anaxagoras, arabic alchemy, atomic theory, early chemistry, empedocles, european alchemy, greek matter theories, history of chemistry, medieval crafts, nucleogenesis, nuremburg chronicles, science education, tintic mining district, van helmont on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Progress Report January 2012
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged beryllium, blog statistics, Chemical Heritage Foundation, history of chemistry, periodic table history, science education, societe de chimie industrielle on January 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Once each year I like to go over the statistics for this blog in detail to see what posts have been the most popular, which search terms are finding this blog, which videos are most watched, etc. I’m not doing this just for an ego trip, but to be able to report the impact this [...]
The Walden Science Showcase
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged hands-on science, public participation in science, science activities, science education, science fair, science night, science showcase, student presentations, students as teachers on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, I know this is late. The new school year is about to start and I am only just finishing up the last school year. This post will describe the Grand Finale of the school year for my science classes, which was our First Annual Science Showcase at Walden School. We had been working toward [...]
NSTA Conference 2011: Day Three
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged apple inc, chinatown, explore mars, ipad, mars education challenge, moscone center, nsta conference, san francisco, science education, science teachers on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My last post had me still in San Francisco at the NSTA national conference. That was March. Now it’s May, and I don’t quite know what happened to April. Let me try to catch up on myself and this project. Back in San Francisco, I had just been awarded 3rd Place in the Mars Education [...]
In San Francisco: Day One
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged csi, forensic science, moscone center, mosser hotel, national science teachers association, nsta conference, san francisco, science education, science teachers conference on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The last two weeks have been crazy busy as our third term has ended, our Intersession classes have begun, and I’ve prepared to travel to San Francisco for the National Science Teachers Association Conference. During Intersession our history teacher at Walden School (Eric) and I have put together a CSI class, coming up with a [...]
Chemistry Demonstrations
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged alternating current, borax, cabbage pH, carbon dioxide, chemical demonstration, chemistry, copper ore, copper to gold, crystals, density, dry ice, element properties, faraday principle, fireworks, flame test, gak, gunpowder, hand warmer, household chemicals, magnesium, magnetic induction, salt water, science education, science pedagogy, silver tarnish, sodium thiosulfate, student presentations, students as teachers, wind power on December 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This last week was our final week of Fall Semester at Walden School, and for their final test my chemistry students planned, practiced, and presented chemistry demonstrations to their peers and to Walden’s elementary classes. Altogether five groups of students presented to the elementary school on Wednesday, Dec. 15 and the rest of the student [...]
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 [...]
Weighing in on the iPad in Education
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged apple inc, citizen science, e-books, e-textbooks, educational games, electronic textbook, field observation, games in education, ipad, ipad for science education, ipad in education, science education, student assessment, student collaboration, student created content, student presentations, virtual science lab on February 15, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Since Apple, Inc. announced the release of the iPad two weeks ago I’ve been reading a lot of comments and blogs about how useful this device might be in education. Some excellent posts are being written on the possibilities. Here’s one: http://www.edutechnophobia.com/2010/02/six-ways-the-ipad-will-transform-education/ I haven’t weighed in on the issue myself yet because I’ve been so [...]
Partnerships and Perfectionism
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged excellence, informal science education, iTunes, national science foundaiton, perfection, perfectionism, project rationale, quality, science education on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now that I’m healthy again (hooray!) I’m back at work on The Elements Unearthed project preparing to write up a major grant application for the National Science Foundation for their Informal Science Education program. The due date for the application, which must be submitted electronically through their FastLane system, is Nov. 19 but my goal [...]
