http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/connectingnews/archives/3159 The NSDL Middle School Portal 2 project is hosting this blog to encourage teachers to use current science news as teaching opportunities. The related middle level, grades 5-8 content standards of the National Science Education Standards are included as well as ideas for turning the news event into an inquiry-based lesson. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:00:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/connectingnews/archives/3159#comment-2904 » American Adults Flunk Quiz on Science Literacy While Acknowledging Its Importance » Connecting News with National Science Education Standards Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:58:00 +0000 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/connectingnews/archives/3159#comment-2904 [...] Science: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms; What Killed the Dinosaurs? ; Pop Quiz; Why Did the Anasazi Abandon Mesa Verde? and When did the Grand Canyon Begin to [...] […] Science: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms; What Killed the Dinosaurs? ; Pop Quiz; Why Did the Anasazi Abandon Mesa Verde? and When did the Grand Canyon Begin to […]

]]> http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/connectingnews/archives/3159#comment-2903 » Science, Science Fiction, Ethics, and Indiana Jones » Connecting News with National Science Education Standards Thu, 15 May 2008 17:54:05 +0000 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/connectingnews/archives/3159#comment-2903 [...] The lesson described connects to both the History and Nature of Science and the Science as Inquiry content standards of the National Science Education Standards. Here are five additional resources from the National Science Digital Library Middle School Portal related to the nature of science, ethics and archaeology: Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends…and Pseudoscience Begins; Science Sampler: Reading Science; Ethics Lessons; Teaching Ethics; Why Did the Anasazi Abandon Mesa Verde? [...] […] The lesson described connects to both the History and Nature of Science and the Science as Inquiry content standards of the National Science Education Standards. Here are five additional resources from the National Science Digital Library Middle School Portal related to the nature of science, ethics and archaeology: Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends…and Pseudoscience Begins; Science Sampler: Reading Science; Ethics Lessons; Teaching Ethics; Why Did the Anasazi Abandon Mesa Verde? […]

]]> http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/connectingnews/archives/3159#comment-2902 » Why Did the Anasazi Abandon Mesa Verde? Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:20:31 +0000 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/connectingnews/archives/3159#comment-2902 [...] David Bradley wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [...] […] David Bradley wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt […]

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