MetEd » Home bj's MST Inquiry in Action | Download Free Science Activities, Find information on Workshops, Learn Chemistry Fundamentals The Science House | NC State University Discourse Tools Science Curriculum and Instruction - CESA 2 This page includes links to curriculum and instruction resources in science instruction and curriculum. Please contact me if you have suggestions or need particular resources. Tools for Ambitious Science Teaching - Resources for engaging students in thinking about science and talking about science in more meaningful ways. There are case studies by discipline and ideas for moving beyond covering curriculum to teaching the Big Ideas of science. National Science Teachers Association - Resources across all subject areas with fantastic conferences at the national and regional levels. TERC Inquiry Project - this site has some great suppot on getting students talking about science in your classroom! The Nature of Science - the new science standards include connections to the nature of science. Storybook Science - has lists of children's storybooks and picture books with connections to science content. Conceptual Understanding - Students often have misconceptions (list of many) about science.
11 class activities with sensors you didn’t know your phone had Mobile devices can do more than we imagine! Rebecca and Chrystian Vieyra developed apps for classrooms to tap into their sensors. (Google Hangout screenshot) Smartphones and tablets are powerful devices that people use every day to make their lives easier. They’re even smarter than we give them credit for. For example, many devices have: an accelerometer that measures acceleration forcesa magnetometer that measures magnetization/magnetic fieldsa light sensor that measures the strength of lighta gyroscope that measures orientationa hygrometer that measures moisture in the atmospherea thermometer that measures ambient temperaturea barometer that measures atmospheric pressurea proximeter that detects when something is close Try to put a series of instruments together like that in your classroom and the price tag will make it next to impossible. That’s where Rebecca Vieyra and her husband, Chrystian, come in. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. This wasn’t the end of the conversation! Related