If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to add more data exploration to your lessons this year, we have a week’s worth of activities to get you started. Because…
Are you teaching online this year? Learn how to design your own online course and facilitate deep discussions. Two popular books on online teaching and learning are now available as…
…of online discussion forums for continued collaborative inquiry learning. Deepening online learning through discussions Discussion forums in online courses are typically focused with a question about a reading, lab, activity,…
…Students Learn from Online Classes and the other is a front-page article in yesterday’s paper: More Pupils are Learning Online, Fueling Debate on Quality. The quality of these articles and…
…clean enough to breathe?” (“¿Estará el aire suficientemente limpio como para respirarlo?”), the SmartGraphs activity “African Lions” (“Leones africanos”), the “Ant Picnic” (“Picnic para hormigas”) and “Plants” (“Plantas”) CODAP activities,…
Are you “just getting by” with remote learning? Future online learning opportunities are ahead. Blog Post
…and thoughtful tool. Online learning provides for deep and rich pedagogy, and an online curriculum requires planning, time, and a clear understanding of the best ways to use the medium….
…to a town near the volcano. Pilot Implementation Since my school district had opted for only asynchronous online learning during the COVID-19 crisis, I couldn’t require students to be online…
…harder than you might think. “Many online climate change lessons are actually junk” was the bold title of a recent article published by AP News, which found that a majority…
Chad’s Great American Eclipse Chase: Part 8—Prepping 101—Planning and prioritizing for totality Blog Post
…The slow buildup. The pre-game show. I think of them like the advertisements that show in the theater before a movie—nice to see and very worth watching off and on…
…may worth checking. Fig. 2 Daily solar radiation in four seasons 2) Examine the solar radiation on the roof in four seasons Once you have a 3D model of your…