Resources


 * TEED 5280 - Active Learning - Math, Science & Technology**
 * Seattle University - Summer, 2017**
 * RESOURCES**

Here is a link that may allow you to access the article,"Best Practices: The Miracle of Choice," from Education Week's //__Teacher__// magazine. []
 * 6-19-2017 **

Wang, M. T. & Eccles, J. S. (2013). “School context, achievement motivation, and academic engagement: A longitudinal study of school engagement using a multidimensional perspective.” Learning and Instruction. 28. 12-23. [] [ Here is a [|brief piece]describing the study. ]

= ** University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching - Active Learning ** = This [|website] includes research summaries, articles, and other resources about active learning. It also includes this handout that highlights the level of complexity of different active learning techniques.

This [|website] includes a number of strategies teachers can use to help students become actively involved in their learning, including how to incorporate active learning into various classroom settings.
 * Cornell University's Center for Teaching Excellence - Active Learning **

Here is a link to the FOSS site supporting the wheat-seed-in-a-straw investigation: [|http://archive.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/NewPlants/frameset.php?page=teacher_videos.html] (Investigation 2 > Part 3 > Wheat Go to ~ 30 min. to find the wheat investigation explained. )






 * 6-21-2017 **

Here is a link to Dan Meyer`'s Google Doc page with links to his three-act word problems. [] [|https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjIqyKM9d7ZYdEhtR3BJMmdBWnM2YWxWYVM1UWowTEE#gid=0]

Here is a link to my "**Mathematizing**" wikispace: http://mathematizing.wikispaces.com/

Tip Sheets: QuickTime Player 10:

Here are the Five Data Charting Activities pages:
 * 6-26-2017 **

Here is a link to the book: "How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School" by the National Research Council. [] We are especially interested in Chapter 3, "Learning and Transfer."



Tip Sheet for WikiSpaces:

Steve Spangler [|Sick Science Videos]
 * 6-28-2017 **


 * Applets**. Three sources:

• PhET: [] e.g., Gas Properties: [] e.g., Buoyancy: [] e.g., Circuit Construction: [] e.g., Conservation of Energy: []

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: [] e.g., [|Grapher]

• NCTM > Illuminations > Interactives: [] e.g., Adjustable Spinner: []

The **Scale of the Universe 2** []
 * 7-03-2017 **

Data Pointed's fabulous **Factor Conga**! []

Data Pointed's **One Dot per Person - World Population** []


 * "**//40 Maps that will help you make sense of the world.//**"**
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Robert Kaplinsky's site for math lessons employing video/graphic stimuli: []

Here are a couple of resources for the **Handshake Problem**: [] []

Here is link to the "[|AIMS model of Learning]."

[|BBC Sheep Dash] Handout:

Zaption Handout:

Videos you might want to use with Zaption: • Crazy Russian Hacker 10 Awesome Science Experiments: [] • Crazy Russian Hacker Balloons of Science: [] • Where's the Cuttle Fish? [] You could also use any of the Steve Spangler [|Sick Science Videos]

Here is a Google Doc sheet for the Gobstoppers/Skittles Racetrack activity []
 * 7-05-2017 **

Here is a 2-page summary of the Next Generation Science Standards:

Here is a summary of the Common Core Math Standards in grades K-8:

Here is a summary of the Common Core Math Standards in high school

Here is my little PowerPoint on Mathematizing:

Here is a link to my Mathematizing Wikispace: https://mathematizing.wikispaces.com/

Here is an article from the NY Daily News that introduces the Oreo investigation: []



Here is the Google doc for the Oreo project: []


 * 7-10-2017 **

TED Talk: [] Main Web Site: [] Nice kid-centric review of squishy circuits and basics of electricity and how a circuit works: []
 * Squishy Circuits!**

__A couple of relevant PhET simulations__ Sugar and Salt solutions: [] Circuit Construction: []

Bristlebot race []
 * 7-12-2017 **

Design Squad Bristle Bots: []









Some useful Web sites:


 * Next Generation Science Standards:** []


 * New (2015)! Evidence Statements for the NGS Standards:**
 * K-5:** []
 * Middle School:** []
 * High School:** []

[|http://ngss.nsta.org/Classroom-Resources.aspx] []
 * NSTA's Resources for Next Generation Science Standards**

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 * [|Graphing Stories]** Here is a link to Graphing Stories, a website with 15 second videos where students try to graph real world situations. If you do this in a class, I suggest pausing to allow students time to fill out their graphs, and maybe showing the slow motion speed multiple times.

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 * [|Monkey Bar Math!]** Here's a nice site extolling in a very practical way (with lesson plans and reasonable rationale!) the virtues of getting 4th graders up and out of their seats and doing math as a consequence of movement.

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 * PhET:** Free Online science applets

Steve Spangler Science Videos []

K20ALT []

Nine Planets Interactive Tour of the Solar System [|http://nineplanets.org/tour/]

DNA Interactive []

DNATube (Scientific video site) []

 Ambleside Numeracy Hour (Scroll down to “Tools for Teaching”)  []

 Wolfram Alpha  []

WeatherBase  []

WA Interactive Forecast Map  []

Gray Skies  []

Cornell Lab of Ornithology – Nest Cams [|http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/all-cams/]

The Adventures of Herman the Worm []

USGS Real-Time Water Data for the Nation []

Thinking Fountain []

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence []

Interactive website for Science []

A resource from Edutopia: "Smart Ways to use the SmartBoard"

Here is a link to a large and well-stocked database of K-12 appropriate tech tools: http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/

Here are a couple of interesting ... things: "In Kentucky schools succeed without tests" []

"How to tell someone's age when all you know is their name" [|http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-tell-someones-age-when-all-you-know-is-her-name/]

And here is a link to the Seattle Times article published July 14 2015: "[|Math Concepts + Teamwork = Big Gains at Struggling Renton School]"