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Currently, Science education has transitioned away from textbooks to more hands on learning. This is an amazing opportunity for teachers to move away from the normal lecturing and explaining in class to reshaping the process of learning. I think that the GLOBE Program is a fantastic organization and empowered program that promises to give an essential change in education.  One example is teaching and learning from directs activities in the field. An excellent activity is to share data from school to school through collaboration.  Students can share what  they are ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: STEM   Event Topics: OTHER   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   GLOBE Science Topics: GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   GLOBE Working Groups: EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   Investigation Areas: ATMOSPHERE   HYDROSPHERE   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)   BIOSPHERE   News Topics: VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   Primary Audience: ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   PARTNERS   STUDENTS   TEACHERS   TRAINERS  

Please welcome Guest Blogger Shona Emery , a GLOBE 5th/6th Grade STEAM Teacher from Ellis School in Fremont, New Hampshire. This blog is the fourth in a series of posts by GLOBE teachers sharing classroom experiences to support the student research process. The series is supported by NSF funding for the United States Regional Student Research Symposia . If you are a teacher interested in contributing, please contact Haley Wicklein for more information. Specifically, we would love to hear from teachers who can share challenges and advice around the topic of student data ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   GLOBE Science Topics: GENERAL SCIENCE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   SCIENTIST SKILLS   Investigation Areas: HYDROSPHERE   WATER TRANSPARENCY   WATER TEMPERATURE   PH   DISSOLVED OXYGEN   FRESHWATER MACROINVERTEBRATES   Learning Activities: PRACTICING YOUR PROTOCOLS   Primary Audience: TEACHERS   Teacher's Guide: MIDDLE: 6-8   UPPER PRIMARY: 3-5   DATA SHEETS   FIELD GUIDES   PROTOCOL INSTRUCTIONS   SITE DEFINITION SHEETS  

Please welcome Guest Blogger Jayme Margolin-Sneider , a GLOBE 6-8 grade science teacher and STEM Advisor from Westview Middle School in Longmont, Colorado.   This is the second in a series of posts by GLOBE teachers sharing classroom experiences to support the student research process. The series is supported by NSF funding for the United States Regional Student Research Symposia . If you are a teacher interested in contributing, please contact Haley Wicklein for more information. Thank you to Jayme for sharing this! Last year, I had two different groups of ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: SCIENCE AND MATH   Event Topics: SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   COMPETITIONS   MEETINGS   GLOBE Science Topics: DATA INCLUDED   GENERAL SCIENCE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   SCIENTIST SKILLS   MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   News Topics: COMPETITIONS   MEETINGS   REGIONS   Primary Audience: PARTNERS   STUDENTS   TEACHERS