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Creating Wonder-Inspired by Nature
By Lisa Niver Rajna Teaching your kids to love nature. “I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to die Discover that I […]
October 7, 2011
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Hands-on Science Boot Camp
It’s a Hands-on Science Boot Camp for Teachers. There was an entire group of Science Specialists from my Los Angeles Science Teacher Network at the Anaheim Boot Camp 2010. You can see Joseph and I learning in the front row at the Steve Spangler all day training in Los Angeles last year. I love Steve […]
September 16, 2011
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Back to (the wrong) School: Seth Godin
Thinking about Labor Day and going back to school?Read Seth Godin on this topic: “Back to (the wrong) school” Some quotes:“A hundred and fifty years ago, adults were incensed about child labor. Low-wage kids were taking jobs away from hard-working adults.” “Our current system of teaching kids to sit in straight rows and obey instructions […]
September 6, 2011
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Summer Science Fun for the Human Body
Nutrition and Cooking with your child Students love to learn about themselves and their bodies. Inside your Outside, from the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library by Trish Rabe, is a story that has an Inside-Your-Outside machine. At the end of the story after learning all about our bodies the reader discovers: As you grow, […]
August 30, 2011
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It’s One Atom at a Time
Two New Elements Officially Added To Periodic Table By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer Malcolm Ritter, Ap Science Writer – 23 mins ago NEW YORK – Remember the periodic table from high school chemistry? It just got a little bigger.Two new chemical elements, numbers 114 and 116, have been officially recognized by an international committee of chemists […]
June 8, 2011
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Connecting to Earth Day Through Family Activities
April 22 is Earth Day. What will you do to celebrate our planet? With so many options out there, what will you choose? I’d like to share a few of my favorites that teach our children and show that we can make a difference. With snowfall last month in the San Fernando Valley for the […]
April 3, 2011
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May the Force be with You: Physical Science and your Child
Creating a building with gumdrops The California Department of Education states “We are all born with natural curiosity about our world. Science is an extension of this curiosity. When we read about a new discovery, watch a bird fly, or think about how something works, we are doing science. When we pursue knowledge we are […]
March 2, 2011
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Simply Science Summer Camp Guest Stars for 2011
Simply Science Summer ProgramGuest Stars 2011 Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri June 20Franklin Hayes Marionettes June 21Heal the Bay June 22Lego Building Festival June 23Los Angeles ZOO June 24Mad science: Dry ice June 27Race Car Event June 28Wildlife on Wheels June 29Santa Monica Bay Keepers June 30Rockets & Robots July 1Bubbles Explosion **Subject to Change**
February 9, 2011
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You can restore the Ocean!
Article first published as You Can Restore the Ocean! on Technorati. Not many people see how they can help the planet in less than nine months! Brian Meux and the team of marine biologists and volunteer divers at Santa Monica Bay Keepers are helping the Planet and restoring our giant kelp forests. Taking an urchin […]
January 28, 2011
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Race to Nowhere: Do we have a Map?
Rich Text Article first published as Race to Nowhere: do we have a map? on Technorati. The movie, Race to Nowhere, has brought new attention to education and student motivation. I hope that this film inspires dialogue about what school could become. As Seth Godin says in his 2010 book, Linchpin, Are you Indispensible?, the […]
December 17, 2010
