MVLA Science Now!
A quartley newsletter that integrates the latest in the Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core, STEM and more!
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Table of Contents
General / Teaching
1. 5E's in our neighborhood Subject Specific
1. Earth & Space Science - Kinesthetic Astronomy
2. Biology Modeling Populations
3. Chemistry - Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry
4. Physics - Spectroscopy
5. Environmental Science - What are our Energy Choices
Computer Tip
1. The amazing website of Concord Consortium
2. Collection of Assessment, Grouping, and Game Classroom Tools
2. Collection of Assessment, Grouping, and Game Classroom Tools
NGSS
1. NGSS Rubric for OUR lessons
Inspiration
1. On Valuing Every Moment
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General / Teaching
1. 5E's in our neighborhood
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Designing Unit and Lessons with Examples
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NGSS
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A quick read for starting to design units and lessons using the 5E's.
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Subject Specific
1. Space Science -
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Kinesthetic Astronomy
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Senior Developer: Evaldas Vidugiris
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Here we present a significant upgrade to the first in a series of innovative, experiential lessons we call Kinesthetic Astronomy. The Sky Time lesson reconnects students with the astronomical meaning of the day, year, and seasons. Like all Kinesthetic Astronomy lessons, it teaches basic astronomical concepts through choreographed bodily movements and positions that provide educational sensory experiences
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2. Biology -
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Modeling Populations
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Concord Consortium
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Explore exponential and logistic growth models to analyze population data for African lions and identify carrying capacity.
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3. Chemistry -
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Concord Consortium
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Control the concentrations of molecules and temperatures of reactions to explore reaction rate, and learn to balance chemical equations.
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4. Physics -
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Spectroscopy
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Concord Consortium
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Explore why excited atoms emit different wavelengths of radiation and learn how to identify atoms based on their unique atomic spectra.
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5. Environmental Science -
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What are our Energy Choices?
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Concord Consortium
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Explore the advantages and disadvantages of using renewable and non-renewable sources to generate electricity.
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Computer Tip
1. The amazing website of Concord Consortium
1. The amazing website of Concord Consortium
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Concord Consortium
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Concord Consortium
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A great website of resources for teachers that give lessons and activities for all rigor levels. These lessons integrate skills and concepts and are NGSS aligned. Many amazing simulations too!
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2. Collection of Assessment, Grouping, and Game Classroom Tools
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Collection of Assessment, Grouping, and Game Classroom Tools
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Super Teacher Tools
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From Jeopardy to QR codes, “SuperTeacherTools.com is a go to site for providing technology tools for teaching that are quick and easy to access, learn, and start using in your classroom.
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NGSS
1. NGSS Rubric for OUR lessons
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NGSS Equip Rubric
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Next Gen Science
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A helpful rubric for teachers to evaluate the quality of their instructional lessons. This rubric is scaffolded and provides criteria by which to measure the alignment and overall quality of lessons and units with respect to the NGSS.
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Inspiration
1. On Valuing Every Moment
1. On Valuing Every Moment
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On Valuing Every Moment
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The Magic Bank Account
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The Magic Bank Account
THE AUTHOR IS NOT KNOWN. IT WAS FOUND IN THE BILLFOLD OF COACH PAUL "BEAR" BRYANT, ALABAMA, AFTER HE DIED IN 1982
The Magic Bank Account
Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules:
The set of rules:
1. Everything that you didn't spend during each day would be taken away from you.
2. You may not simply transfer money into some other account.
3. You may only spend it.
4. Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400 for that day.
5. The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say, “Game Over!" It can close the account and you will not receive a new one.
What would you personally do?
You would buy anything and everything you wanted right? Not only for yourself, but for all the people you love and care for. Even for people you don't know, because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself, right? You would try to spend every penny, and use it all, because you knew it would be replenished in the morning, right?
ACTUALLY, This GAME is REAL
Shocked???
YES!
Each of us is already a winner of this *PRIZE*. We just can't seem to see it.
The PRIZE is................*TIME*
1. Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life.
2. And when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is not credited to us.
3. What we haven't used up that day is forever lost.
4. Yesterday is forever gone.
5. Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time WITHOUT WARNING... SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds?
Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars. Think about it and remember to enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think.
So take care of yourself, be happy, love deeply and enjoy life! Here's wishing you a wonderful and beautiful day. Start “spending”....
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