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Beebe School Engineering: May 2006
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References, resources, and information for science and engineering scholars and educators. Wednesday, May 03, 2006. World Languages and Cultures - Desalination Lesson. Time required: 5-10 class periods. MA frameworks: see activity sheets for exact frameworks. The documents include lesson plans, student worksheets, and education framework references. LINK HERE for the foreign language desalination lesson plans. Posted by Eric Chilton at 11:16 AM. Search only this site. How to post to this blog. This mater...
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Beebe School Engineering: April 2006
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References, resources, and information for science and engineering scholars and educators. Wednesday, April 12, 2006. Time required: 4 class periods. Cost: $100 for foam board and clay. MA frameworks: Social Studies Geography skill 1. This challenge activity allows students to learn about topographic maps, basic construction layout concepts, ancient aqueducts of the Romans. And the historical issues surrounding water supplies. LINK HERE for the aqueduct challenge worksheet. Friday, April 07, 2006. Posted...
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TENS GK-12: January 2006
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Updates for Fellows of the Tufts Engineering the Next Steps (TENS) GK-12 Project. Friday, January 27, 2006. January 25 Weekly Meeting Notes. We had an abbreviated weekly meeting on Wednesday where Eric Chilton showed us his idea for using Blogs as a method of communication of ideas, activities, schedules, etc. between Fellows and teachers in the GK-12 program. He also demoed Writely, a free document sharing system, that integrates nicely with Blogger (also free! Posted by Brian at 7:14 AM.
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Beebe School Engineering: March 2006
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References, resources, and information for science and engineering scholars and educators. Friday, March 24, 2006. Hydraulic Arms, Simple Machines and Mathematics Word Problem. Time required: 3 class periods. Cost: $0 (after the hydraulic arms have been created). MA frameworks: Mathematics 6.N.4, 6.N.5, 6.P.2, 6.P.4. This word problem explores the design of levers used in the hydraulic arm project. LINK HERE for the hydraulic arms, levers and math worksheet. Posted by Eric Chilton at 9:56 AM. Saturday, M...
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TENS GK-12: March 2006
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Updates for Fellows of the Tufts Engineering the Next Steps (TENS) GK-12 Project. Tuesday, March 28, 2006. NYTimes - Education- Standards. About standards-based testing and a critical look at standards. Picks up where our last GK12 meeting left off. Posted by Eric Chilton at 11:51 AM. Wednesday, March 08, 2006. Is a link to the fora descriptions. Posted by Brian at 9:42 AM. March 1 Weekly Meeting Notes. Posted by Brian at 8:49 AM. Linden School Computer Science. NYTimes - Education- Standards.
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TENS GK-12: February 2006
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Updates for Fellows of the Tufts Engineering the Next Steps (TENS) GK-12 Project. Tuesday, February 28, 2006. Andy did a cool presentation with audio and a built in quiz that he's posted at this site. The presentation ishttp:/ www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif on the Saugus Iron Works and the particulars of water wheels. Click here. To view the presentations. Although a valiant attempt to gain lead in the TOTY standings, the award remains up for grabs! Posted by Brian at 1:32 PM. Thursday, February 16, 2006.
