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Discovery Education's "Beyond the Textbook" Forum, Part 2


17 March 12 09:17 AM
While some schools have fancy Madagascar hissing cockroaches, we made do with an American cockroach, the huge one found in norther Jersey. A child volunteered that she her dad had caught one at work, and wondered if she might bring it in. I loved the Read More...
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Et tu, Zappa?


21 February 12 08:55 PM
There's seems to be some confusion about my role. I am, of course, an agent of the government, of the public, of my town. I am a science teacher, which should mean I teach science. Arne says it means I am the linchpin of our economy. Einstein said I have Read More...
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Gingko blues


15 February 12 06:37 PM
Do not ever follow any advice I give for eating anything. If something has an acetyl group in it, I'll try it. Some folks' skin reacts to the pulp, too. This is the Science Teacher blog, not Fine Foods . My favorite tree on the Bloomfield Green was cut Read More...
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Imbolc


01 February 12 08:33 PM
An Cailleach Bhearra wandered around back in the 10th century in western Ireland, eating "seaweed, salmon, and wild garlic" (my kind of woman), looking for firewood. If the day was bright and sunny, beware--she had gathered plenty of wood and was set Read More...
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Clamming: a 21st century skill


08 January 12 09:57 AM
19th century version: Yesterday I headed for one of my favorite places with one of my favorite people to do one of my favorite things--clamming. The moon is waxing and near full, so I knew low tide would fall in the early afternoon. COST: months of intermittent Read More...
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A science teacher's resolutions


01 January 12 11:09 AM
Say a prayer every morning honoring a mystery. A prayer for light, for life, for gravity, for cosmic rays, for the source of water. I pretend I know nothing. I want to know what knowing nothing really means. Remind myself every morning, when I wake up, Read More...
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A Christmas Tale


25 December 11 08:53 AM
I love the Christmas Story, the lights, the glitter, the love. I love that the day coincides with the first glimmer of the rising sun. I love the madness that reminds us how tenuous our grip is. Here's a photo from the latest Vatican nativity scene. It's Read More...
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New worlds


07 December 11 09:21 PM
As various factions wrestle with various standards for various (and occasionally dubious) reasons, I find myself in a classroom with a couple dozen young humans at various stages of cognitive development, learning about the world. A drop of pond water Read More...
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In the you cannot make this stuff up department....


04 December 11 08:58 PM
"When using and choosing technology for children teachers should let children pretend with the types of gadgets they see their parents using. Stock the dramatic play area with a non-working mouse and keyboard, cell phone and/or electronic music device." Read More...
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On misconceptions


27 November 11 06:55 AM
The deeper I dig into how much a child understands a particular idea, the more I realize persistent misconceptions can be. We have plenty of places for magical thinking in our culture: horoscopes, good luck charms, religious incantations, and the stock Read More...
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Last Saturday of November


26 November 11 05:45 PM
Raked some leaves, then some clams, then some charcoals to cook the clams. New moon tide in late November on a spectacular day makes for good living, at least for me. Can't say the same for the clams now in my belly. In between the leaves and the clams, Read More...
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Ditching digital time


25 November 11 10:10 AM
We're in the last few weeks of the dying sun, our days defined by our shadows. I know the sun will return, but I don't believe it. The digital clock on my classroom wall leaves no shadows. It defines little. It just assigns a number to now . 9:27 , 9:27 Read More...
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Thanksgiving redux


24 November 11 07:05 AM
I liked this 3 years ago. I still like it....Happy Thanksgiving! This week's The New Yorker magazine cover highlights a turkey sitting on a ledge with a few pigeons. It's the classic turkey any schoolkid would draw--blue head, red wattle, and a lovely Read More...
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Clamming in November


11 November 11 06:51 PM
The shadows are long, now, even at noon. We know why, of course, and pretend otherwise, living under electric lights, listening to electric voices, staring at electric screens. The wind is blowing over 20 knots from the northwest, in November, and the Read More...
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Life on a limb


05 November 11 09:56 AM
We got smacked last week--I still step over a downed line when walking to school, and the curbs are lined with life-like tree limbs. Just seeing all these leafy zombie branches edging the asphalt gives me an odd joy. I wonder if other biology teachers Read More...
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