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TeachSpace is about conducting inspirational teacher workshops and providing innovative classroom materials tied to standards and providing STEM camps for students. |
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This month's highlights: Learn about the science behind the winter Olympics Don't miss the Pluto Files! Learn about the brand new TN ELC (Electronic Learning Center) - you will be hearing a lot about it in the future Make your own avatar Read below for all of this month's neat lessons |
How do you feel about Pluto - do you think
it's feelings were hurt by being demoted? Make sure
to read below about the "Pluto Files" that will be on a PBS
station |
Lessons / Information from TeachSpace:
Terry Sue and I want to wish all of you a wonderful 2010. We all seem to face more and more challenges in education, however, it is an exciting time to be working with young people. Just think, today's kindergarten student will retire in the year 2069!!! Can you imagine what the world is going to look like at that time? And the important part that often the public overlooks is that we must prepare that student to be ready for a life in that world! With that in mind, we are going to be doing more STEM links during the course of this year.
Astronomy Night - There will be NO Astronomy Night at the Hands on Science Center during March - however, as the weather improves, be ready to be part of the fun - I am working on a multimedia lesson to run beside the telescope so that you can even see better what you are looking at in the night sky! As always, learn more about the Hands on Science Center at www.hosc.org
We know that the Winter Olympics are over - however, the science behind them is everyday events!!! Here is a website with lots of video of the science that makes the games possible! This would be very good for middle and high school teachers. http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/olympics/
How did you vote on Pluto being demoted? Did you think that Pluto was being picked on??? Well, now is time for the real story!!! Our friend and one of the leading astrophysicists in the world, Neil DeGrass Tyson, will take us on a funny, yet informative journey about "what happened to poor Pluto? You don't want to miss this episode of Nova on PBS. The premier will be Tuesday. March 2 at 7:00pm CST on your PBS station.
Do you know about the new Tennessee ELC (Electronic Learning Center)? This is a new initiative that is being conducted by our Department of Education. It will be a place that teachers can receive professional development in a just in time format - most of it will be placing materials in iTunes! If you miss seeing Terry Sue and Billy, then they have just placed our latest TV show on "Why would a student want to be in engineer?" online - This is the show that was targeted for teachers and students in grades 3-8. Check it out at http://www.tnelc.org/index.php - Click on the link for "ELC Presents - and the click on the link for "Why would a student want to be an engineer?"
Do you have a student that dreams of being in space and working on the ISS? If so, visit or pass along this link. This is a virtual reality tour of the inside of the space station that has been put on line for just the fun of floating and seeing the inside of the station. http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/
We have talked about this before - but with the hit of the epic movie Avatar, we need to talk about how you or your students can make their avatar!! Voki is such a great tool. You could use an avatar to introduce a lesson or your students could create one to describe a lesson. Think about that bright but very quite child that would really open up when someone else is doing the talking for them. This is very easy to use. Check it out at www.voki.com
Brand New!! It's called WatchKnow.org We know you want to use more online videos in your classroom - but - you don't have time to find them. With 1,000's to look through, you end up, not looking at all! Well... now there is help!!! You need to check out WatchKnow.org!!! This is a new tool that has been built for teachers. It looks for videos from YouTube, TeacherTube, and other sites. It organizes them for you by content and age group. What a great time saver. WatchKnow has a review panel of educators and educational video experts that view the videos before they are posted. So, if you would like to look for a video on The Solar System, just enter that in the search window, set the age level and WatchKnow does all the looking for you! Check it out at www.watchknow.org
Have you been teaching that the moon is a dry place with no water - if so - you are now in error! Now we are not talking about lakes or rivers - but at both poles, they find water everywhere. This is really great, due to the fact that it might make living on the moon easier! So this might be the find that changes the way we look at going back to the moon. If you would like to read more about this, click on this link for more information.
Do you Blabber? It is SO much fun!!!! I don't hardly know how to describe this!! You will love it!!! It is very easy to use and it is a lot like a Voki! If you go to there web site, they do a demo. I think you will really like it and the demo will put a smile on your face. Go to their web site at www.blabberize.com
MTSU has now archived more of our TV shows - When you go to the link below, you will have to select Science as the area that you would to search and then two of our TV shows will be the first listed. More of them will be listed in the list of science shows. You will have to complete a short form with your name and school before the TV will start. Enjoy!! http://itsc3.fsa.mtsu.edu/itsc/livewebcast/webcast_selection.aspx
Teacher Tube!!!! What a great place! Would you like to see Abe Lincoln give a speech (really, a person dressed up like Abe!). What about a math lesson produced by students! Then Teacher Tube is the place you want to visit! Teachers are the only people allowed to upload videos. You can create your own account and upload your videos as well. It is free!! And it would be a great way for you to be able to share your videos with other students, parents, and the world!!!
Read more about this great tool at www.teachertube.com
Make TeachSpace your homepage so that each day your students will see the current phase of the moon!
Welcome to TeachSpace. TeachSpace is an engaging, hands-on, standards base, educational program to excite K-12 teachers about integrating technology and science across the curriculum.
The TeachSpace program has been given rave reviews by teachers. The program is conducted by two former public school classroom teachers that are deeply involved in the educational community today. We believe that every teacher should be able to use the excitement and science of the space program to teach all aspects of their curriculum. Another goal of this program is to provide sustained and on going contact during the school year.
During the 90's, this program targeted rural and small school systems that might not otherwise had the opportunity to provide their teachers with professional development from instructors with the background of Billy and Terry Sue. Now TeachSpace has grown and has conducted workshops for schools from Alabama to Maine. However, the emphasis is still to target rural or smaller school systems that otherwise would not be able to provide this type of training for their teachers.
There is a charge for this program and the available dates for this program are primarily during the summer months. Learn more about the program by examining the links on the left. Please feel free to contact us for more information.