What Does Going Green Really Mean?
I work with a lot of teachers and students who talk about “Going Green”. Whole schools have decided to have a “Going Green” theme. But, what does going green really [...]
Water Cycle Collage
Art and science are a natural fit in the classroom and beyond. Consider the 19th century botanist who had to be knowledgeable about plants and able to create dramatic watercolors [...]
Climate Change: From Scary to Science
As an informal science educator, I have the opportunity to teach content that isn’t so easily covered in a traditional classroom setting. These include topics that may be new, abstract, [...]
Ghosts of North America
In North America, we live surrounded by the ghosts of mastodons, saber-toothed cats, ground sloths, bear-sized beaver, and other wild giants. These creatures died out 13,000 years ago, at the [...]
Reclaiming Science Fair Projects: Tips for Teachers
I have always loved science, but as a kid, I loathed science fairs. I could never think of a good idea, and I didn’t even know where to start. Now [...]
Teachers’ Talking Science
Teachers’ TalkingScience is an online collection of free science lesson plans that can help you spark your students’ excitement about science. Every month, two new lessons based on Science Friday’s [...]
Teaching the Earthquake
One of the best ways for people to learn is through personal experience. Most of my “ah-ha” moments in life were very basic ideas about how the earth works, but [...]
Tweeting the Earthquake – Day 2 @nsta
I learned about the Japanese earthquake and tsunami just as I got into bed last night. My roommate and I sat up for hours watching the unimaginable destruction. I finally [...]
From NSTA: Integrating Math into the Science Class
Session Title: The Smathy Spproach by Arden Ashley Wurtman I really like Arden’s approach to integrating math into the curriculum. I think it is a useful, stepwise method that focuses [...]
Teachers Tour of the WTC Transit Hub: Thank you Skanska!
On February 22nd and 23rd, teachers members from the New York Academy of Sciences and Math for America were treated to the trip of their lives as they toured two [...]
