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Science Teaching Tips: Through the Looking Glass (Podcast)
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How big does a mirror have to be for you to see yourself in it? Exploratorium staff physicist Thomas Humphrey describes an activity you can use in your classroom to investigate simple optics.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: May 20, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: optics, mirror
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: May 20, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: optics, mirror
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Science Teaching Tips: The Hairs on My Head (Podcast)
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Children’s book author David Schwartz tells how big numbers got him excited about math when he was a kid.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: May 13, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: math, kid, children
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: May 13, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: math, kid, children
| Links: | David Schwartz’s Web site |
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Science Teaching Tips: To Coin a Phrase (Podcast)
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TI staff educator Eric Muller hits me up for change, and then demonstrates a neat science activity using dry ice.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: May 6, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: dry ice, activity
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: May 6, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: dry ice, activity
| Links: | More of Eric Muller’s activities |
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Science Teaching Tips: What's Your Story? (Podcast)
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00:08:53
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A story can help make a subject come alive for your students. TI teacher coach Carol Murphy talks about the myriad ways she’s used storytelling in her science classes.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: April 29, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: storytelling, teaching, science
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: April 29, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: storytelling, teaching, science
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Science Teaching Tips: Tough Times (Podcast)
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A veteran teacher describes his first year teaching in a tough school district. This episode is one of several “first-year” stories from people in a difficult profession.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: April 22, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: school, district, tough, teacher
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: April 22, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: school, district, tough, teacher
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Science Teaching Tips: We Won Best Professional Development Podcast! (Podcast)
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Hear an interview with our host, Stephanie Chasteen, about why podcasts can be great professional development tools for teachers. The interview is excerpted from an episode of the Podcast for Teachers, which gave us the award for Best Professional Development Podcast.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: April 15, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: podcast, professional, development, teachers
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: April 15, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: podcast, professional, development, teachers
| Links: | Podcast for Teachers |
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Science Teaching Tips: Make a Cuica! (Podcast)
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Learn how to build a version of a Brazilian instrument called the cuica, which demonstrates principles of sound. This podcast was created collaboratively in a teacher workshop at the Exploratorium.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: April 8, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Art, General Science
Keywords: cuica, sound, brazil
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: April 8, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Art, General Science
Keywords: cuica, sound, brazil
| Links: | This activity is from Math & Science Across Cultures | Cuica How-To Videos and Instructions |
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Science Teaching Tips: Classroom Management (Podcast)
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00:04:57
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TI teacher coach Sandra Robbins talks about better classroom management styles.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: April 1, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: classroom, management
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: April 1, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: classroom, management
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Science Teaching Tips: Student Misconceptions (Podcast)
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00:04:35
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TI staff educator Sandra Robbins touts the merits of a book that examines how to address student misconceptions in the science classroom. The book is Targeting Students’ Science Misconceptions: Physical Science Concepts Using the Conceptual Change Model by Joseph Stepans, published by the Idea Factory in 2003.
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: March 25, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: stepans, conceptual, misconceptions, classroom, change
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: March 25, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: stepans, conceptual, misconceptions, classroom, change
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Science Teaching Tips: Straw Oboe (Podcast)
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TI staff educator Modesto Tamez explains how to make a simple straw oboe that will bring down the house (and teach good physics!)
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: oboe, physics
Project: Teacher Institute Science Teaching Tips | Browse All
Date: March 18, 2009
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics
Keywords: oboe, physics
| Links: | Straw Oboe activity |
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