I attended GSTA’s E.L.I.P.S.E. 4.0 workshop last weekend, and went to some excellent sessions—I recommend attending next year if you are nearby. For that matter, if you are in driving distance of the University of North Georgia, I learned about another opportunity that you might take advantage of. One of the presenters, Dr. Carl Ohrenburg … Continue reading North Georgia (and surrounding areas): Cool Chemistry Show Opportunity
The national meeting of the National Science Teachers Association is in Atlanta this year (we’ve had a regional meeting before, but not the national). This is an outstanding opportunity for science teachers. Save yourself 30 bucks and register by February 9. That's THIS FRIDAY! If you’re coming, I’d love to see you! I’m presenting on … Continue reading Countdown to the NSTA Early Bird Deadline
Over the last few months, I’ve been involved with a project that I am very excited to finally share—I have been making a video series on topics related to integrating reading, writing, and science for the Georgia Department of Education. I’ve made two sets (with some overlap): one geared toward elementary teachers and administrators, and … Continue reading Integrating Reading, Writing, and Science—Videos!
If you live in Georgia, Alabama or northern Florida (or in nearby parts), and you write for kids or dream of it, mark your calendars: March 10-11 is the annual Southern Breeze regional conference for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. This year is our Alabama conference (in Birmingham), which is my favorite … Continue reading Writers and Writers-to-be
My dear friend and photographer Emily Bruso helped me out with some new head shots recently, so I'll be gradually updating my various pages and what-not. In the meantime, I decided to jump on the bandwagon and see what the masterpiece the Google Arts and Culture app would pair me with, and, unfortunately, it does appear … Continue reading New Headshots–Thanks Emily Bruso
One interesting sort of summer adventure involves spending the summer in a university of government research lab. These positions usually are paid (seems to be about $700/week on average), but don’t include travel, room, or board. The list below will get you started, but try searching your local university website for options near you. Fermilab: … Continue reading Real Research–with a paycheck–this Summer (2018)
If you’re in driving distance from the Georgia aquarium, you can spend February 24 doing hands-on activities with educators from NOAA. Not only is it free, but you get admission to the aquarium AND a $75 stipend. You’ll want to apply for this one now, as I’m sure it will fill up quickly (grades 6-12 … Continue reading Awesome Georgia Aquarium Opportunity
You love science. You love nature. Have you thought about writing? Nature writer (and educator!) Heather Montgomery and I will be leading a workshop on science and nature writing at our regional SCBWI conference in March. This workshop will be a great introduction for writers who might want to dip their toe into science, or … Continue reading Curiosity Meets the Printed Page
I wrote earlier about Data Nuggets, a great website for helping students connect math (and understanding how it is used in research) with science. Here are two other teacher-focused websites that offer real data sets from real research along with help introducing data analysis to your students. Science in the Classroom is put out by … Continue reading A Classroom Full of Data
Fresh year, fresh semester, and a time of thinking about what comes next: the perfect time to consider a summer adventure. I consider the free summer programs available to science teachers to be one of the greatest perks of our profession—you can often find a program that lets you do something science-y that few other … Continue reading New Year, New Adventures
Once Upon a Science Book 