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President Obama… Please Let Me Help You Make Science Cool
President Barack Obama held a town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters on Wednesday... and his comment about making science cool caught my attention.
“I’m frustrated by stories about how we can’t find enough engineers and computer programmers.…
Story Time Slime – Bringing Literature & Science Together in Your Classroom
Tis the season for spooky, slimy science. The kids are excited for the upcoming holiday, restless in their seats and it's hard to keep their attention on the lessons at hand. Early childhood teachers know that getting kids excited about science…
Register for Science in the Rockies July 8-10, 2009 – Denver, Colorado
It's my favorite teacher training of the entire year - Science in the Rockies. It's a three-day workshop held in the foothills just outside of Denver. The dates for this year's workshop are July 8-10, 2009. The training typically attracts 150-200…
Potatoes Fly at Science Teacher Training in Denver
What happens when you put 150 teachers from 23 states and three countries in the same room for three days with a team of instructors who are over-the-top excited about teaching science? Enthusiasm for making science fun spreads like a virus.…
El Centro Teachers Hooked on Science
Imagine a room filled with 183 energetic early childhood teachers and you'll know how fortunate I was to present our Hands-on Science Secrets workshop in El Centro, California. Heather Vessey-Garcia worked for almost a year to plan every detail…