Tag: "teachers"
Care and Feeding of Geology Teachers
Opening the eyes of geology teachers to geology in everyday life helps open their students' eyes in turn. The coming events of Earth Science Week can do the same for the rest of us.
Post on Sep 22, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Oakland Teachers Scope Out What Galileo Saw
Oakland teachers receive Galileoscopes, enabling them to share with their students the Universe as Galileo first saw it.
Post on Nov 06, 2009 by Ben Burress
Using the Online Photo Community Flickr for Science Education
With its powerful, yet easy-to-use features Flickr offers science educators a number of ways to bring abstract concepts to life and add depth and color to theoretical understanding.
Post on Apr 03, 2009 by Jessica Neely
Reporter's Notes: Closing the Science Gap
Stacy Morrow, who teaches fourth grade at Fair Oaks Elementary School in Redwood City did not need to tell me about her students' enthusiasm for science. It was obvious. Working in teams with a FOSS kit on magnetism and electricity, they could barely contain their excitement at powering a light bulb with a simple electrical circuit.
Post on Oct 24, 2008 by Amy Standen
Bay Area Teachers Make Plans with QUEST
What is the most compelling reason to use QUEST resources in the science classroom? "They are local", "I can download them", and "short is good." These are a few of the quick responses given by science educators attending QUEST's first 2-day institutes this summer.
Post on Sep 16, 2008 by Jessica Neely
Never Used a Pooter?
Cal Academy scientist Kelly Herbinson collects ants with a Bay Area science teacherAs the winter drags on, I often think fondly of a chilly Saturday in December where I found myself in a small alleyway in San Francisco trying to suck elusive ants into a rubber tube called a pooter. What was the point of [...]
Post on Jan 29, 2008 by Jessica Neely
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