Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

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Amazing blog posts from this past week:

• UDL Flowchart

  Is there a clear goal, aligned to state standards, for the lesson? Note: It must be clear to all stakeholders what students should know or be able to do as a result of the lesson.

• Seven Keys to Effective Feedback – ASCD

• When Students Learn to Choose, They Choose to Learn

  • • Choose: When offering students choices about their learning (for example, two different ways to practice a math skill or three different articles to prepare for a class discussion), give them a bit of time to examine the options and think about which might be a good fit for them.
    • Do: As students are working, support and guide their work. If needed, you might help students refine, change, or reflect on choices they have made.
    • Review: After students finish their work, give them time to reflect on the work they have…

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Praxis Science Outreach Science Smarts: Bee Habitats

The latest Praxis Science Smarts Column (July 30, 2022).

Praxis Science Outreach Science Smarts Column

July 30, 2022

The latest Praxis ‘Science Smarts’ column in the Medicine Hat News. The article may also be found in the Medicine Hat News at https://medicinehatnews.com/life/local-life/2022/07/30/science-smarts-bee-habitats/ or via PressReader at https://www.pressreader.com/article/281706913434540.

Bee Habitats

I had someone in my household come home recently and say they are going to start beekeeping. Well, I thought this was interesting and commended them on wanting to try something new.
I do not think this is going to be an easy task, and if there is anyone out there willing to lend me some advice, I am willingly going to accept! In the meantime, I have been doing my research and came across an interesting habitat to make for bees. I thought this may be a good idea to start small and perhaps grow our “bee farm” into a larger operation.

Let’s get started!

Remember to ask an adult before doing this experiment.

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Praxis Science Outreach Science: Seed Bombs

The latest Praxis Science Smarts Column in the Medicine Hat News.

Praxis Science Outreach Science Smarts Column

July 23, 2022

The latest Praxis ‘Science Smarts’ column in the Medicine Hat News. The article may also be found in the Medicine Hat News at https://medicinehatnews.com/life/local-life/2022/07/23/science-smarts-seed-bombs/ or via PressReader at https://www.pressreader.com/article/281805697668041.

Seed Bombs

As it is getting later in the summer growing season, it is time to do some succession seeding so my yard continues to bloom into the fall and I can keep enjoying the beauty of nature!

I thought this activity may be a fun one to get the whole family involved in. Let’s get started!

Remember to ask an adult before doing this experiment.

Materials

• Several packages of flower seeds (that are suitable for late season planting — a nice wildflower mix perhaps)
• Bowl
• Potting soil/soil mixture
• Baking tray
• Several sheets of newspaper
• Water
• Field/garden/backyard for planting

Procedure

1. This experiment takes a bit of preplanning as you need to place the seeds you will be…

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Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

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ICYMI – More amazing posts from this past week:

• 12 Learning Myths Exposed: How You Can Learn the Right Way – Many people come to us searching for the answer to the question, “What’s the right way to learn?” First of all, we want to clarify: there is no right or wrong way to study…

• Emoji Bullet List – emoji bullet points for your lists

  Create fancy lists that use emoji for bullet points. Your list, emojified!

• Numberless Word Problems

  Skip to content This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

• IEEE Neuroethics Framework | IEEE Brain

• Neurable

• OpenBCI

• Can the Chronicling America site get any better? Yes. Yes, it can. | History Tech

• Reconstructing Speech from Human Auditory Cortex | PLOS Biology

• Imagined speech can be decoded from low- and cross-frequency intracranial EEG features — Knight Lab

• Encoding and decoding analysis of music perception…

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Praxis Science Outreach Science Smarts: A Lesson in Precious Soil

The latest Praxis Science Smarts column!

Praxis Science Outreach Science Smarts Column

July 16, 2022

The latest Praxis ‘Science Smarts’ column in the Medicine Hat News. The article may also be found in the Medicine Hat News at https://medicinehatnews.com/life/local-life/2022/07/16/science-smarts-a-lesson-in-precious-soil/ or via PressReader at https://www.pressreader.com/article/281762747980783.

A Lesson in Precious Soil

Although we had a bit of rain this summer, it is still extremely dry out there… I am no expert, but I would say we are still experiencing drought like conditions in southeastern Alberta. This is not anything new in Alberta.

In fact, in the 1930s there was a terrible drought in all of Canada. People would look outside and see the soil being carried away by the wind. This was often referred to as a dustbowl. Sometimes this is difficult to see if you live in the city, so I thought we could replicate just how easily the precious soil can leave.

Let’s get started!

*Remember to ask an adult before…

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Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

Another EducatorAl Blog

Here are more amazing blog posts from this past week:

• Classroom Management Starts With Student Engagement (Opinion)

  During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 11 years. You can see all those collections from the first 10 years here. Today’s theme is Classroom-Management Advice. You can see the list f…

• Math strategy chat and archive of Problem Talks

• How to Universally Design Grading (+ UDL Grading Flowchart)

• 7 Ways to Use Storyboards You Might Not Consider – Class Tech Tips

  Looking for new and creative ways to use storyboards in your classroom? Here are seven lesson ideas and storyboard examples for students. I’ll share some of my favorite virtual reality discussion prompts you can tailor to different learning experien…

• “A Very Curious Religious Game”: Spiritual Maps and Material Culture in Early America – Commonplace – The Journal of early American Life

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Praxis Science Outreach Science Smarts: A Little Something Delicious

The latest Praxis Science Smarts Column in the Medicine Hat News

Praxis Science Outreach Science Smarts Column

July 9, 2022

The latest Praxis ‘Science Smarts’ column in the Medicine Hat News. The article may also be found in the Medicine Hat News at https://medicinehatnews.com/life/local-life/2022/07/09/science-smarts-a-little-something-delicious/ or via PressReader at https://www.pressreader.com/article/281801402672487.

A Little Something Delicious

I kind of have soil on my mind this month. Perhaps it is all of the yard work I am doing! This week, I was digging a hole and WOW I could not believe what I saw. There were a number of layers in the soil. Hmmm… why is this? We had better investigate this with a delicious experiment. Let’s get started!

*Remember to ask an adult before doing this experiment.

Materials
• Glass bread pan or any small baking dish will work fine
• Plastic wrap
• Marshmallows
• Graham crackers
• Chocolate ice cream (softened)
• Vanilla ice cream (softened)
• Chocolate chips
• Chocolate cookie sandwiches crushed up
• Freezer

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Praxis Science Outreach Science Smarts: It’s Time To Get a Little Dirty

The latest Praxis Science Smarts column in the Medicine Hat News.

Praxis Science Outreach Science Smarts Column

July 2, 2022

The latest Praxis ‘Science Smarts’ column in the Medicine Hat News (July 2). The article may also be found in the Medicine Hat News at https://medicinehatnews.com/life/local-life/2022/06/25/science-smarts-the-summer-of-science/ or via PressReader at https://www.pressreader.com/article/281964611415446.

It’s Time To Get a Little Dirty

This week we are going to get DIRTY!! With summer here, I absolutely love getting outside to enjoy the weather and of course, why not do some science in the meantime? Let’s get started.

*Remember to ask an adult before doing this experiment.

Materials
• small gardening shovel
• measuring cup (preferable metal or plastic to take outside
• four soil samples from various places
• four zipper type bags
• permanent marker
• scrap paper
• magnifying glass
• science notebook
• pencil
• strainer or metal sieve
• table to work at

Procedure

1. Find a few different locations to collect soul samples from. You may choose…

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Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

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More amazing blog posts from this past week:

• Minecraft in school: Claypotts Castle Primary pupils on gaming in class

• Video games that teach empathy – The Washington Post

  Designers and scholars say there are many complex challenges and limits in achieving such a goal.

• Game Design Studio Toolkit – iThrive Games Foundation

  The Game Design Studio Toolkit is a collaboration of iThrive Games Foundation and EdTogether, made possible by generous support from the William T. Grant Foundation and the DN Batten Foundation.

• Do Algorithms Influence Our Lives and Our Democracy? | Common Sense Education

  Use these free lesson plans to help students think critically about how algorithms influence our lives.

• Some Money Pouring into ‘High-Dose’ Tutoring Is Going to Less-Researched Models. Is That a Problem? | EdSurge News

  Last year, when concern over the pandemic’s effects on education was at its peak, school districts turned to high-dose tutoring, a regular…

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Sharing Diigo Links and Resources (weekly)

Another EducatorAl Blog

Oops, I forgot to post this last Sunday. 🙂 These are posts from last week:

• taking-pbl-good-great-how-achieve-real-world-impact

  Students at Elizabethton High School in Tennessee might have trouble choosing their most memorable learning experience.

• Free Technology for Teachers: Ten Google Sites Tutorials for New and Experienced Users

  Summer is here (in the northern hemisphere) and it’s a great time to casually work on things that we don’t always have time for during the school year. One of those things could be creating a new class website or revamping an existing site.

• Rare meteorite refines theory of Mars’s formation | Popular Science

  A one-of-a-kind meteorite from Mars has an unexpected chemistry that could refine scientists’ models of how terrestrial planets form, according to a new study of the old space rock.

• Greenland polar bears are adapting to a less icy world | Popular Science

  Warming temperatures are causing sea ice, which polar bears…

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