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Winter
2002-2003
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CONTENTS
1-PATHWAYS
2-ACCIDENTAL SCIENTIST LIVE@ WEBCAST DELVES INTO THE MYSTERIES
OF BREAD
3-ORIGINS: TOOLS FOR INVESTIGATION AND DISCOVERY
4-BIOSCIENCE TREASURES FROM K12 INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA CENTER
5-MAC OS X FREE TO K-12 TEACHERS
***PATHWAYS
<http://www.exploratorium.edu/pathways/>
Pathways are collections of support and assessment materials
for teachers who bring their students to the Exploratorium.
Pathways are designed to:
--Help provide direction and structure for the field trip.
--Focus the attention of field trip students on a particular
set of exhibits or topic.
--Provide a method of assessment.
--Suggest links to related materials and additional experiments
for pre- and post-trip learning.
There
are two types of Pathways: Guided and Open. Guided Pathways
are intended to be a set course of exploration in the museum.
Each Pathway includes a student worksheet and a matching teacher's
edition. The teacher's edition links the Pathway's content
to state science standards and provides additional support
materials as well as sample answers to the worksheet questions.
Teachers
who visit the Exploratorium have developed Open Pathways,
their own methods for making the most of their field trip.
Some of these methods have been gathered and described in
Open Pathways. Open Pathways suggest ways to assess your students
that go beyond the question-and-answer format and suggest
creative ways to use your Exploratorium field trip to motivate
students.
***ACCIDENTAL SCIENTIST LIVE@ WEBCAST DELVES INTO THE MYSTERIES
OF
BREAD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 11AM PST
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/webcasts/bread_cast.html
Find out how yeast performs its biochemical transformation
of a bit
of flour and water into crusty, delicious bread. Explore the
history
of breadmaking around the world, and learn how bread has come
to
occupy such a central place in the cuisines of many nations.
We'll
bake some bread in our studio kitchen, play with yeast and
glutens in
our lab, and share recipes.
***ORIGINS:
TOOLS FOR INVESTIGATION AND DISCOVERY
<http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/Belize-London/tools/index.html>
The tools of biological investigation can be as simple as
Tupperware and hand lenses or as sophisticated as scanning
electron microscopes and chromatographs. They can be a single
grain of pollen or a vast collection of over 70 million specimens.
The Exploratorium takes you behind the scenes at the Natural
History Museum, London, to discover state-of-the-art instrumentation
for looking at life.
The
Origins Project examines what we know about our roots: the
beginnings of the universe, of matter, of the earth, and of
life itself. It explores the results and progress of leading-edge
research in physics, geosciences, and life sciences.
***BIOSCIENCE
TREASURES FROM K12 INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA CENTER
<http://www.k12imc.org/>
The study of marine life <http://www.k12imc.org/pg1142.cfm>
and oceans <http://www.k12imc.org/pg1149.cfm>
on the Web has been enriched not only by museums for animal
life but also by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration. Students can accompany amazing explorers.
They can create their own virtual treks, too <http://www.k12imc.org/pg1277.cfm>.
Thousands of tours can be integrated into every subject, inspiring
students to pursue adventures. Invite your administrator along
for a ride!
--submitted by Bonnie Tennenbaum, Media Specialist
***MAC OS X FREE TO K-12 TEACHERS
<http://www.apple.com/education/macosxforteachers/>
From now through March 31, 2003, qualifying K-12 teachers
can order their free X for Teachers Kit, which provides everything
a teacher needs to learn and become comfortable with Mac OS
X.seeing. We hope you'll share your comments and questions
in the site's feedback section.
To
qualify for the X for Teachers program, you must be a K-12 teacher
at a recognized school (public, private, Catholic, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, charter schools) and you must agree to have
software delivered to your school address. A separate X for
Teachers program is available for Canadian K-12 teachers.
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