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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
STEM Resource Series… Over 70 Stemtastic Sites
Michael Gorman has located over 70 resources, tools, and programs that will assist STEM educators in their multiple fields. In the list below you will find the listing with a link, along with Gorman's short description. Below are parts of his reviews. Click on the title in blue print to go directly to the site.
STEAM to STEM
National Academies of Science
Buck Institute
Nasa Quest – Free web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes. These real life solutions relate to issues encountered daily by NASA personnel giving students an authenticity to learning.
Science NetLinks Discover free teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities. Lessons and activities can be printed or used online.
UNICEF Resources
"TeachUNICEF is a portfolio of free global education resources. Resources cover grades PK-12, are interdisciplinary (social studies, science, math, English/language arts, foreign/world languages), and align with standards. The lesson plans, stories, and multimedia cover topics ranging from the Millennium Development Goals to Water and Sanitation.
Our mission is to support and create well-informed global citizens who understand interconnectedness, respect and value diversity, have the ability to challenge injustice and inequities and take action in personally meaningful ways. We hope that in providing engaging and academically rich materials that offer multiple voices, we can encourage the exploration of critical global issues while presenting opportunities to take action."
Below are samples of 3 of their 14 units.
Link: http://teachunicef.org/
Peace Education
Link: http://teachunicef.org/explore/topic#4517
Child Labor
Link: http://teachunicef.org/explore/topic#4495
Poverty
Link: http://teachunicef.org/explore/topic#4495
Strategies for Getting and Keeping the Brain’s Attention
This post is co-authored by Marcus Conyers who, with Donna Wilson, is co-developer of the M.S. and Ed.S. Brain-Based Teaching degree programs at Nova Southeastern University. They believe that by "honing our ability to focus attention at will, we can more effectively screen out two types of distractions--Input through our sensory organs and our emotional response.