Interdisciplinary Inquiry for K-16 teachers

Take a look at http://50ways.wetpaint.com/.  It’s a great way to see what various Web 2.0 tools can do when you want to get a point across or set up something for your class.  Great fun – courtesy of my friend Robin Heyden.

Since I’ve reached the NSTA newspaper pile in my to do stack, I’ll mention another great feature: In Your Pocket which lists grants for education projects.  The events are part of the NSTA’s calendar function. It’s an up-to-date list of all kinds of current events.  You can filter the list by selecting Grants under the category menu.  Take and look, apply, and the best of luck to you.  Let us know what happens!

Every month or so the National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA) publishes a monthly newspaper.  One of the most wonderful sections is “Science Teachers’ Grab Bag”.  This lists free or inexpensive classroom resources with mini-reviews.  There’s a searchable web site that’s free to use at http://www.nsta.org/publications/grabbag.aspx.  Recent highlights have included “Great Science for Girls” and “The Perfect Corpse“.  Add that extra pizzazz to classes in the flick of a search engine.

It took a friend of mine who started blogging to get me started.  She made it seem easy. We’ll see.  There’s no shortage of topics, so I’ll post as new resources or hot topics come along.  If you would like to know when I post, I suggest signing up for RSS feeds. (See “RSS in Plain English” at YouTube for an explanation of how they work.)

Today’s Resource

For today, here’s a link to the December 2008 NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) journal for elementary teachers.  There are several articles on topics that keep turning up as subjects you would like to work on: states of matter, comparing liquids, water and more!  If you can’t access the info/article you want, let me know and I’ll see what I can do to get the info to you.

Today’s Question

What topic/activities would you like to see at the Spring Workshop?

Thanks for reading!