She Tweeted You With Science! 08/15/2012

• Subversive Lab Grouping Game | Action-Reaction

  With the first day school around the corner for some of you (I don’t go back until after Labor Day), I wanted to share a neat little activity I use to get my students into groups for the first time. Like my previous post on the Marshallow Challenge, this game has several subversive layers.

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• A great homework idea-kids teaching parents « Quantum Progress

  Give your students’ parents homework!

  tags: science education parent-communication first-day activities

• Chemistry/Chem 11 Demos – WikiEducator

  Introductory demos to Chemistry Class

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• The Handcuffs Puzzle – Post Visit Activities – Questacon Maths Squad – On Tour: Programs – Questacon

  “This is a classic puzzle that has been around for at least 250 years. It is very challenging, but it does give teachers a chance to get students up and moving. It depends on lateral thinking and topology. It can also make a good party game (for adults) too.”

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• Mystery tubes lesson

  “This lesson serves as a good introduction to the nature of scientific inquiry. Students are asked to determine what the interior construction of a mystery tube looks like. Working in small groups, students pose explanations (hypotheses) for what they are observing and are asked to test their hypotheses.”

  tags: science nature-of-science inquiry first-day activities

• Columbia University Summer Research Program

  “The primary aim of Columbia University’s Summer Research Program for Science Teachers is to provide New York metropolitan area K-12 science teachers with sustained hands-on experience in scientific research so they can better understand the practice of science, better transmit to their students and fellow teachers a feeling for its practice.”

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• iCelsius – Temperature Sensor for the iPad / iPhone / iPod touch

  Temperature sensor and iOS app that dramatically extends the capabilities of your iPad / iPhone / iPod touch.

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• Why Should You Be Scientifically Literate? (ActionBioscience)

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