Sentences with phrase «science teacher or student»

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For example, the school's science teacher started using class time to introduce one new salad bar fruit or vegetable at a time, helping students understand the value of each item.

At best, the harvest of salad greens (for example) can make a nice big salad that every student in one classroom can enjoy as part of a class lesson (and here the teacher's creativity comes into play — the lesson can be math, with the kids figuring what percentage of the salad is romaine and what percent arugula, or it can be science, or even spelling.)

Importantly, the study found that only teachers with high knowledge and skills for science — not literacy or math — created quality scientific opportunities for students, such as providing science materials and engaging children in science experiences in the classroom.

► As part of this week's Science special issue on forensics, Lizzie Wade told the story of how José Torero, a world expert in the forensic science of fire investigation, has shed a light on — or perhaps, added to the mystery of — «a crime that shocked the world: the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School, a rural teacher's college near Tixtla, Guerrero,» in Mexico in SeptembeScience special issue on forensics, Lizzie Wade told the story of how José Torero, a world expert in the forensic science of fire investigation, has shed a light on — or perhaps, added to the mystery of — «a crime that shocked the world: the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School, a rural teacher's college near Tixtla, Guerrero,» in Mexico in Septembescience of fire investigation, has shed a light on — or perhaps, added to the mystery of — «a crime that shocked the world: the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School, a rural teacher's college near Tixtla, Guerrero,» in Mexico in September 2014.

«Students could interpret scientific information for themselves and deduce that climate change is human - caused or anthropogenic,» says Stevenson, a former science teacher for grades 4 - 12.

The rubric will also be useful, the researchers concluded, in focusing curriculum developers» and teachers» attention on the importance of engaging students with natural phenomena (or in solving problems) and making sense of them in terms of NGSS core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science practices.

It has caused good schools to be labeled as failing and puts undue pressure on students and teachers to focus on passing standardized tests instead of engaging in other subjects such as the sciences, history, art, or music.

- Challenge pre-eminent scientists and engineers (starting with the more than 2,000 members of the National Academy) to take specific actions that will help achieve his goal, such as mentoring teachers and students in disadvantaged schools, starting a Science Festival in their city, or encouraging their university to create special programs that allow students to get a STEM degree and a teaching certificate at the same time.

According to Information Officer Kathy Kaplan, various kinds of educational activities may be supported, such as online science classes for teachers or students.

Teachers who have worked as scientists or engineers bring real - world knowledge about science that teachers with just an education degree can't match, Prival says, and students respond Teachers who have worked as scientists or engineers bring real - world knowledge about science that teachers with just an education degree can't match, Prival says, and students respond teachers with just an education degree can't match, Prival says, and students respond to that.

Although most reformers say that they want to raise student achievement, many projects focus on interim targets, like attracting more students into STEM fields, training more and better math and science teachers or improving the skills of those already in the classroom, and strengthening curricula.

Researchers introduced four interactive online science units, which students and teachers accessed with computers or tablets, into 13 middle school in two US states.

We are recruiting elementary, middle, and high school science teachers willing to field test our multiple - choice test items with their students in April, May, or June of the 2014 school year.

Treehouses are authored by students, teachers, science enthusiasts, or professional scientists.

But if a student or the family is interested — and that's the other thing that the fair deals with, is for the parents, for the community that they have to go back to their schools and tell them that «My son and daughter is interested in science» and so then the teachers contact us.

But Science Buddies realizes that teachers also need concrete support in the form of physical science materials that can be used for student projects, for classroom STEM experimentation and exploration, or to fuel the development of a school MakerScience Buddies realizes that teachers also need concrete support in the form of physical science materials that can be used for student projects, for classroom STEM experimentation and exploration, or to fuel the development of a school Makerscience materials that can be used for student projects, for classroom STEM experimentation and exploration, or to fuel the development of a school Maker Space.

An additional goal for the teachers, once school begins in the fall, is to identify strong science students in their freshman or sophomore year with the potential to become good teachers and guide them in their course choices.

Some of those teachers have started their own programs for students, and some of those students are now astronomers or young science teachers bringing their students to Green Bank.

Cardboard display boards are standard for many science fairs and school assignments, but students should check with their teachers or local fairs for specific guidelines.

The responsibilities will include leading efforts to improve the diversity of students entering scientific fields, creating professional development workshops for K - 12 teachers, expanding collaborations with other science educators, and mentoring student research projects (plasma physics or education) in our Science Education Laboscience educators, and mentoring student research projects (plasma physics or education) in our Science Education LaboScience Education Laboratory.

Anyone staying late in the lab at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) on a Thursday night will witness a small but dedicated group of Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) students and a BTI graduate student or postdoc huddled around a microscope, discussing basic biology concepts, or laughing about a bit of science news — a teaching arrangement that has benefitted students and teachers alike since 2010.

Impact Factor: 21.147 Issues Per Year: 12 issues per year Aims and Scope: Essential reading for those working directly in the cognitive sciences or in related specialist areas, Trends in Cognitive Sciences provides an instant overview of current thinking for scientists, students and teachers who want to keep up with the latest developments in the cognitive sciences.

Each lesson plan contains an overview, a step - by - step guide to the activity, an explanation of the science behind the experiment, sample discussion questions and talking points, a downloadable teacher's guide, student worksheets or handouts, and suggested variations.

Plus, with new Google Classroom Integration, teachers can assign worksheets and assessment quizzes to help students who are working on independent science projects and following the steps of the Scientific Method or Engineering Design Process.

Teaching hours must be accompanied by 5 student evaluations that include: * Student name and contact information * Number of hours student attended classes and dates (month and year) * A brief evaluation of the teacher's communication skills and understanding of the principles of Yin yoga (as an art form not a science) Optional: Hours accrued from attending other Yin yoga workshops and / or additional Yin Yoga Certification week session (s) taught by Paulistudent evaluations that include: * Student name and contact information * Number of hours student attended classes and dates (month and year) * A brief evaluation of the teacher's communication skills and understanding of the principles of Yin yoga (as an art form not a science) Optional: Hours accrued from attending other Yin yoga workshops and / or additional Yin Yoga Certification week session (s) taught by PauliStudent name and contact information * Number of hours student attended classes and dates (month and year) * A brief evaluation of the teacher's communication skills and understanding of the principles of Yin yoga (as an art form not a science) Optional: Hours accrued from attending other Yin yoga workshops and / or additional Yin Yoga Certification week session (s) taught by Paulistudent attended classes and dates (month and year) * A brief evaluation of the teacher's communication skills and understanding of the principles of Yin yoga (as an art form not a science) Optional: Hours accrued from attending other Yin yoga workshops and / or additional Yin Yoga Certification week session (s) taught by Paulie Zink.

«The teachers» forensic science project centers around a crime scene — nothing gory or in bad taste, but something that will use many of the science skills and techniques the students have acquired,» says Onsager.

For example, science and English language arts teachers may have students read multiple texts about a scientific issue that is relevant to their lives or community, then ask them to evaluate the evidence and reasoning of the various texts in a collaborative discussion and write a persuasive essay in which they take a stance on the issue.

In addition, the girls admitted the ability of a teacher to make a student love or hate science.

«Two of our science teachers, Robert Clingan and Paul DeChant, have created a project that not only keeps the students engaged but has them offering to return and help after they have been gone a year or two,» says Tim Onsager, assistant principal of West Bend (Wisconsin) West High School.

- Middle and High School Life Science Teachers - Teachers using NGSS or TEKS - Teachers who want to increase students engagement and retention - Teachers not looking to reinvent the wheel Each bundle includes 5 resources including lab station activities, individual lessons, digital scavenger hunts, readings, and lots more.

While the computer science teacher often read the directions for students and would translate them into «plain speak,» he did not necessarily focus on the direction words or what role they played in following a program or in writing a basic program.

But I know science teachers who have had students write short essays on how they apply varied science - related technology or chemistry to their lives.

Teachers critically explore student learning through projects in poetry, science, mathematics, history, spelling, or any other part of the curriculum.

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology studied 240 middle school students who learned science in groups of four via Learning by Design (LBD) or traditional methods with matched teachers.

«Science teachers... they were actually preparing for a [test] that they had, so they split up the topic and grouped the students to look at a specific part... and had four or five Google Docs going.

As part of British Science Week, we run an annual Demo Day, supporting science teachers and technicians to do something extra special with their students in the lab — rockets, dissections, explosions, the physics of music or chemical reactions to spark some excitement in the classroom and to get the students to work out what's going on in that conicalScience Week, we run an annual Demo Day, supporting science teachers and technicians to do something extra special with their students in the lab — rockets, dissections, explosions, the physics of music or chemical reactions to spark some excitement in the classroom and to get the students to work out what's going on in that conicalscience teachers and technicians to do something extra special with their students in the lab — rockets, dissections, explosions, the physics of music or chemical reactions to spark some excitement in the classroom and to get the students to work out what's going on in that conical flask.

Unlikely as it may sound, science teacher Ken Williams of Nobleboro Central School says he is able to have more individual contact with students because he can have e-mail chats about their particular problems or interests while class is in session.

Maybe teachers are using small doses of digital instruction so they have more time, or smaller groups of students, for the main event: introducing kids to great works of literature, or big ideas in science, or the sweep of human history.

Rather than hire required administrative staff or aides, for example, a principal might opt to add a science teacher or a social worker, depending on student needs and his or her vision for the school.

Science Teachers at Home on the Web Whether showing off student projects, directing young travelers to the best of the Web, or organizing Web sites around a specific classroom theme, many science teachers are establishing «homes» on the World WiScience Teachers at Home on the Web Whether showing off student projects, directing young travelers to the best of the Web, or organizing Web sites around a specific classroom theme, many science teachers are establishing «homes» on the World WTeachers at Home on the Web Whether showing off student projects, directing young travelers to the best of the Web, or organizing Web sites around a specific classroom theme, many science teachers are establishing «homes» on the World Wiscience teachers are establishing «homes» on the World Wteachers are establishing «homes» on the World Wide Web.

Students or teachers may read about science, teachers may do demonstrations or show videos, or students may do relatively constrained data collection or analysis actStudents or teachers may read about science, teachers may do demonstrations or show videos, or students may do relatively constrained data collection or analysis actstudents may do relatively constrained data collection or analysis activities.

«How Schools Shortchange Girls» concluded that female students receive less attention from their teachers than boys do, are less apt to see girls and women reflected in their study materials, and are often not expected or encouraged to pursue higher - level mathematics and science.

While students were given international tests in math and science, their teachers were asked what percentage of the overall class time was being spent on lectures, and what percent was being spent either on individual problem - solving or problem solving under the guidance of the teacher.

There is one focused course of study (history, language - English and Spanish - and the arts; mathematics, science, and technology; and health); everyone is enrolled in it; an appropriate path for each student is developed (every child has a «personal learning plan»); most teachers have responsibility for no more than 50 students (this on a per - pupil budget that is the same or less than in nearby public secondary schools).

Teachers with at least some real - world knowledge and experience in a subject area — whether it's aviation, computer science, or medicine — can offer students insights into where their studies can lead them and can give them a better grasp of practical applications of their subjects.

Having mixed devices also gave flexibility for use, teachers were free to split students into groups so that the right mix of devices across the groups was gained, for example, if a science class was conducting an experiment those students with backward facing cameras were distributed across all teams so that someone was available to record or photograph the experiment.

This is true whether assessment information is collected as part of a teacher's day - to - day work and used to guide next steps in teaching and learning, or through international programs such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and used by education systems to guide future policies and programs.

Then, weeks before the first day of school, the incoming students jumped onboard — or, more precisely, onto the Science Leadership Academy Web site — to meet, talk with their teachers, and share their hopes for their education.

Nebraska science teacher Shawn Gray uses a tiered practice: «I allow students to choose working on a few challenging examples right away or working through a scaffolded approach.»

«I used to have to tell my students about phenomena, or have them read; now I can show them,» says Jim Doane, a science teacher at Scarborough Middle School, in Scarborough, Maine.