Arvind Gupta Our core belief is that children learn by doing - by touching, feeling, cutting, sticking -- pulling things apart, putting things together. We believe that this hands-on science helps them relate to curriculum and get conceptual understanding. We believe this will revolutionize the way children learn. A child lighting up a LED with a Syringe Generator is more likely to light up his village tomorrow. Our approach is inclusive. Ours is the most cost effective outreach program in the world, with cost of 15 paisa per person (0.2 cents per person). Our Goal We want to design science and math activities to comprehensively cover the whole curriculum.
A Better Way to Teach? Any physics professor who thinks that lecturing to first-year students is the best way to teach them about electromagnetic waves can stop reading this item. For everybody else, however, listen up: A new study shows that students learn much better through an active, iterative process that involves working through their misconceptions with fellow students and getting immediate feedback from the instructor. The research, appearing online today in Science, was conducted by a team at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, in Canada, led by physics Nobelist Carl Wieman. First at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and now at an eponymous science education initiative at UBC, Wieman has devoted the past decade to improving undergraduate science instruction, using methods that draw upon the latest research in cognitive science, neuroscience, and learning theory. “It’s almost certainly the case that lectures have been ineffective for centuries.
What is LBD? What is Learning by Design™? How does Learning by Design™ work? Why does Learning by Design™ work? Q: What is Learning By Design™? A: Learning By Design™ is a project-based inquiry approach to science aimed at the middle school grades - 6th through 8th. Back to Top Q: How does Learning By Design™ work? A: Each unit begins by introducing students to a design challenge. There are several important characteristics of LBD™ embedded in these activities: During the cycle or designing, testing, explaining, learning, and redesign, as students work "iteratively" to make their design solutions better and better, they also enhance their understandings of science concepts and get a chance to practice a variety of science skills. To get a more detailed look at how Learning By Design™ works, visit LBD in Action. Back to Top Q: Why does Learning By Design™ work? A: Students experience and apply the concepts they are learning. Back to Top Q: Why should I use Learning By Design™? Back to Top
Fun science experiments and project ideas for kids - educational, exciting and safe 6 Virtual Tours Of The Human Body For Free Interactive Anatomy Lessons When it comes to interactive virtual views, we have gone to space and around the globe. So, it’s not surprising that we are also going within ourselves on a virtual journey of the human body. One of the finest tools available online is Visible Body. If you are disappointed that there aren’t any free interactive anatomy tools, worry not. Google Body You can trust Google to take you everywhere. The Google Body browser is a Google Labs project that renders on Google Chrome and any other browser that supports WebGL (like Firefox 4 Beta). MEDtropolis The interactive website aims to educate entertain both kids and adult on bodily health; understanding the human anatomical structure is just part of the process. For instance, check out the narrated tours on Virtual Body. eSkeletons eSkeletons isn’t only about understanding human anatomy. DirectAnatomy BBC Human Body and Mind The BBC’s webpage is a resource rich place to discover and play interactive games while learning all about the human body.
Educational Leadership:Teaching for Authentic Student Performance:Learning from Performance Assessments in Math December 1996/January 1997 | Volume 54 | Number 4 Teaching for Authentic Student Performance Pages 26-29 Carol S. Parke and Suzanne Lane How can teachers become better informed about performance assessment? Information gathered from the use of performance assessments in one reform oriented mathematics education project can help to answer these questions.1 Since the 1990 1991 school year to the present, six schools have participated in the QUASAR Project. For this project, we developed the QUASAR Cognitive Assessment Instrument (QCAI) and used it to monitor student outcomes and growth (Lane 1993). Learning About Performance Assessments For performance assessments to have a positive impact on instructional practices in the classroom, teachers need to become familiar with the nature of the tasks, what content and thinking skills the tasks assess, and what constitutes a high quality response. Providing Answers and Explanations Figure 1. Looking for Content-Rich Explanations Figure 2. Figure 3.
Edible/Inedible Experiments Archive Science should be fun.. science should be edible.. Try your hand at experimental science! Some experiments may be eaten before, during or after the experiment, and some should not be eaten at all! Each file lists an expected age-level to carry out the experiment, as well as safety precautions. If you think you have an experiment worthy of the archive, feel free to fill out the online experiment acquisition form. -Cathode Man Ray. MadSci Home | Information | Search | Random Knowledge Generator | MadSci Archives | Mad Library | MAD Labs | MAD FAQs | Ask a ? performance assessment tasks / These tasks are grade-level formative performance assessment tasks with accompanying scoring rubrics and discussion of student work samples. They are aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. You may download and use these tasks for professional development purposes without modifying the tasks. The tasks for grades 3 through High School were developed by the Mathematics Assessment Resource Service (MARS) of the Shell Centre for Mathematical Education, University of Nottingham, England. The tasks below are arranged by grade level.
Christmas star › Tricks (ABC Science) The Surfing Scientist › Tricks Celebrate the Yuletide with this classic trick. Five wooden toothpicks, a straw and some water are all you need to be the Christmas dinner science star. By Ruben Meerman Can't see the video? ^ to top What's going on? Wood is amazing stuff. All wood is about 50 per cent carbon by dry weight, 44 per cent oxygen and just 6 per cent hydrogen. The missing mass turns back into carbon dioxide and water. Freshly cut wood contains lots of liquid water which the tree was hoping to use to make more wood before someone came along with a chainsaw. When dry wood gets wet again, it swells a little. When you squeeze a drop of water onto the broken toothpicks, the wood gets wet and swells causing the 'hinges' to straighten back out again. Tags: physics Published 16 December 2014 Who is the Surfing Scientist? Despite being as 'Aussie as', Ruben Meerman was actually born in Holland. He decided to study physics at school in an attempt to sit next to a hot girl.
Healthy Kids : Healthy Kids Activities Think a vegetable can’t teach you anything? Well think again! Try these cool experiments and activities and see what you learn! Colourful celery experiment Place a celery stalk in a clear container. Fill it up three-quarters full with brightly coloured water (just add some food colouring). Try the experiment with other plants – maybe one with a white flower. Plants draw the water up their stem and send it on to their leaves and petals. Like the celery, your body is mostly water. Salty potato experiment Cut a potato in half. Like the potato, salty food and drinks make people thirsty. Vegetable person drawing Draw your own ‘vegetable person’ using real vegetables, photos of vegetables or a combination of both. The picture of Vegieman may give you some ideas. It’s good to eat a variety of vegetables over the week. Traffic light fruit kebabs To make traffic light fruit kebabs, you’ll need: Cut the fruit into bite-size chunks or balls. The kebabs are now ready to eat and enjoy.