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Strategies for Embedding Project-Based Learning into STEM Education

Thom MarkhamMarch 7, 2011

Tags Curriculum, Project-Based Learning, High (9-12), All Grades, Math, Science

Editor's note: Today's guest blogger is Thom Markham, a psychologist, educator, and president of Global Redesigns, an international consulting organization focused on project-based learning, social-emotional learning, youth development, and 21st-century school design. He formerly directed the Buck Institute for Education's national training program in PBL and is the primary author of BIE's Handbook on Project Based Learning.

Using Farmville to Teach Standards

Linda DeneherFebruary 24, 2011

Tags Classroom Technology, Game-Based Learning, Lesson Plans, , Technology Integration, Middle (6-8), High (9-12), All Grades, English Language Arts, Geography, History, Math, Science

Today's guest blogger is Linda Deneher, a one-on-one tutor and student at an online Master of Educational Technology program.

Middle School Students Taking Pride in STEM Innovations

Betty RayJanuary 18, 2011

Tags Project-Based Learning, Middle (6-8), Math, Science

Editor's Note: Today's guest blogger is Catherine Vanier, a 7th grade Science teacher and MESA science club coordinator in Richmond, California. Catherine chose to use STEMposium as a learning moment in her classroom and asked her students to tell their stories of STEM.

David Thornburg on Open-Source Textbooks

Betty RayJanuary 4, 2011

Tags Biology, Classroom Technology, Curriculum, Digital Divide, Open Education Resources, Technology Integration, Chemistry, High (9-12), Science

Editor's Note: Today's guest blogger is David Thornburg, Ph.D., a futurist, author, consultant and founder and Director of Global Operations for the Thornburg Center.

The 5 Features of Science Inquiry: What Questions Do You Have?

Eric BrunsellJanuary 3, 2011

Tags Project-Based Learning, Teacher Development, Middle (6-8), High (9-12), Science

A few months ago, I wrote about the National Research Council's 5 features of science inquiry:

Oh, the Places You'll Go! Cool Jobs in Math and Science (Guest Blogger)

EdutopiaDecember 16, 2010

Tags Integrated Studies, All Grades, Math, Science

Today's guest blogger is Linda Rosen, the CEO of Change the Equation. She has over 35 years of experience helping to develop and implement innovative, strategic frameworks and policies that support high quality STEM teaching and learning, grades PreK-16. She has taught mathematics and mathematics education from high school through graduate school.

Science Inquiry Carnival: Inquiry-Based Projects for the Classroom

Eric BrunsellNovember 10, 2010

Tags Classroom Technology, Comprehensive Assessment, Lesson Plans, Performance Assessment, Project-Based Learning, Student Engagement, Middle (6-8), High (9-12), Science

I have written a few posts here about science inquiry and providing students with authentic science experience. This week, I thought I would showcase a few other bloggers that are writing about science inquiry.

Inside the Classroom and Mind of an Extraordinary Teacher

Kathy BaronNovember 5, 2010

Tags Arts Education, Curriculum, Dropout Prevention, Project-Based Learning, , Student Engagement, Student Work Examples, Teacher Development, Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle (6-8), Drama, All Grades, English Language Arts, Geography, Physical Education, Science, Visual Arts

I'm beginning to agree with traditionalists who argue that education should go back to the old days -- if we could be assured of landing at Midland, an elementary school in Rye, New York, between 1956 and 1966. More specifically, alighting in the classroom of teacher Albert Cullum. He had an intuitive sense of what worked in education, regularly incorporating teaching methods from project learning to social emotional learning, long before they had academic labels.

Snapshots of Innovation: Travels With Chen (After Steinbeck's Travels with Charley)

Milton ChenNovember 3, 2010

One of my favorite books in high school was John Steinbeck's Travels With Charley, his account of his road trip around the U. S., late in his career, accompanied only by his French poodle Charley. Not having traveled much as a boy beyond my home state of Illinois, into Wisconsin and Indiana, I was mesmerized by his stories of the vastness and diversity of our country.

How to Teach Students to Think Like Scientists

Eric BrunsellOctober 26, 2010

Tags Teacher Development, Team Teaching, Middle (6-8), High (9-12), Science

Halloween is a magical time of year. Ghosts and goblins wander the streets in search of candy and mischief. Halloween revelers celebrate the supernatural. School children color pictures of witches, gross each other out with mystery boxes containing brains made from noodles and boiled-egg-eyes, and play mad scientists creating bubbling beakers of goo. It is great fun...and my goal with this post is not to kill that fun!