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Clothes That Clean Themselvesby Shannon Cde Baca - Friday, Jan 27th 2012I just put a load of clothing in my washer. I used to add a cup of detergent now the new technology calls for a tablespoon. ... More >> 
Grounding Experiences in Language: Expanding a Child’s Worldby Krysty Krywko - Monday, Jan 23rd 2012
Children’s language development is dependent upon exploration and their growing ability to understanding the world they inhabit. ... More >> Teaching STEM with LEGO Educationby - Wednesday, Jan 18th 2012 If you have looked at my work with www.mindsurfers.org or follow me on Twitter, you know that I came to STEM education through ... More >>
- Learning To Listenby Krysty Krywko - Tuesday, Jan 17th 2012
Somewhere along the line, literacy has become reduced to how well a child performs on a standardized reading test. However, ... More >>
- Red Flag Behaviors and Social/Emotional Developmentby Krysty Krywko - Tuesday, Jan 10th 2012
It is in the early childhood classroom where children begin to learn to work cooperatively with other children and adults, assume ... More >>
- Girls In Scienceby Shannon Cde Baca - Monday, Jan 09th 2012
Several decades ago, the makers of the “Barbie” doll came out with a model that gave a recorded message (among several) ... More >>
- Doing Goodby Shannon Cde Baca - Thursday, Jan 05th 2012
This is the time of year for food bank drives and coat drives. In this season of good deeds, I have been thinking of science ... More >>
Amazing Stories from Our Public Schools by Learning First Alliance - Wednesday, Jan 04th 2012
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Have you checked out the Learning First Alliance’s collection of public school success stories lately?
Since December ... More >> 
STEM and Girls: The Gender Gapby Sol Menashi - Sunday, Jan 01st 2012Getting girls involved with STEM learning has been a constant challenge for educators and a concern for policy makers for a number ... More >>
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- Using Video in The Classroomby Shannon Cde Baca - Monday, Nov 14th 2011
The old video tape collection has been changed to DVD and now online streaming but the real richness of the media is not in the format. It is in the content and learning how to effectively use that content regardless of the format is part ... More >>
- Girls In Scienceby Shannon Cde Baca - Monday, Jan 09th 2012
Several decades ago, the makers of the “Barbie” doll came out with a model that gave a recorded message (among several) that said, “Math is hard.” The company was flooded with letters about the message and the whole event helped to ... More >>
- Putting Students in the Driver's Seatby Shannon Cde Baca - Wednesday, Nov 30th 2011
I have always been a fan of giving students owner rights in the classroom. I think if they share responsibility, they behave better and learn better. This week I am trying to give them more responsibility in generating driving questions for ... More >>
- The Periodic Table of Stuffby Shannon Cde Baca - Friday, Oct 28th 2011
Each year when my students encounter the periodic table I assign them to create a periodic table of “stuff”. They select and organize some category of items into a table that has trends both vertically and horizontally. It is not easy ... More >>
- What Does Literacy Look Like In Early Childhood?by Krysty Krywko - Monday, Dec 19th 2011
Literacy is something that begins to happen long before a child enters a formal early childhood setting. However, as the academic testing movement reaches further and further down the grades, literacy is often reduced to the components of ... More >>
Integrating 21st Century Technology To Enhance Established Teaching and Learning Principlesby Kathryn Hunt - Monday, Nov 07th 2011Many articles on 21st Century classrooms and education fail to acknowledge what's working in education. And, what in fact has worked for many years to facilitate critical and creative thinking and skill building that can be applied to the workplace ... More >> - New Standards Are Comingby Shannon Cde Baca - Tuesday, Nov 22nd 2011
There is a lot you can learn from reading state science standards. Mostly, you learn that there is little difference between the standards of the 1980’s and those of the new decade. There are some changes coming. They cannot come soon enough.
Throughout ... More >>
- STEM Education Is A Critical Path To Successby Sol Menashi - Monday, Dec 19th 2011
If you read the newspaper or follow the blogosphere, you cannot help but notice that STEM education is a front-and-center issue these days, a subject resonating in the classroom and the boardroom, as well as in the Oval Office. President Obama, ... More >>
