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miniCAST 2013 in El Paso. You know you want to be there! Go to the miniCAST 2013 website for more info.

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/180-questions/id573946590?mt=11

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The way we try to recruit girls into STEM fields is all wrong. We typically compare them to some great woman or someone that has gone before them. We are saying, “Hey, you can be like Madam Curie or Sally Ride.” It is recruiting by intimidation. We need to change that message. We need to recruit by appealing to WHY we need them in STEM. We NEED you to help make the world a better place We NEED you to help discover the cure for cancer. We NEED you because you have the ability to change the course of humanity for the better.

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Tim Holt —Thoughts on why we still see the number of females in STEM fields fall way behind their male counterparts.

Available in the iTunes bookstore exclusively for the iPad

$6.99

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The Chart That Might Just Bring Forth The Apocalypse

Having faith in a higher power has nothing to do with a belief in evolution. The two can totally exist in harmony. Yet here we are, thanks to a delightful anti-science campaign that has somehow managed to stoke fear of scientific thought, to our own detriment.

[Original by Tony Piro’s Calamities of Nature. You can see the data behind his chart here.]

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As a young girl in the classroom, The Big Bang Theory-star Mayim Bialik was left feeling like science was a “boy thing.” Then, she became a neuroscientist. In the video above, Mayim talks about how things are changing for women in STEM.

Tim Holt is the author of 180 Questions: Daily Reflections for Educators and their PLCs. Exclusively for iPad on the iTunes Bookstore. $6.99

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What happens when you get a room full of science teachers, 2 presenters talking about planetary geology (Mars and the Moon) mix in lots of door prizes and dinner? You get the Science Teachers Association of Texas Region 19 February dinner held on Wednesday the 27th. Dr. Amanda Nahm and Dr. Anna Dr. Szynkiewicz from the Dep’t of Geology at the University of Texas at El Paso, presented and it rocked! There even were questions from kids that were not there, asked via their teacher, who recorded the answers and took them back to class the next day! For more info about the dinners, click on this link.

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REPORT OF THE 2012 NATIONAL SURVEY OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

From Bonnie Sutton:

A new research study provides an in-depth snapshot of K–12 science and math education with detailed information on science and math teachers, curriculum and instruction, and instructional resources.

A total of 7,752 science and mathematics teachers in schools across the United States participated in the 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education, which was coordinated by Horizon Research, Inc. (HRI) of Chapel Hill, North Carolina with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Readers will find a rich compendium of information on how science and mathematics instruction and ongoing assessment mirrors current understanding of learning; what influences teachers’ decisions about content and pedagogy; the characteristics of the current science and math teaching force; the most commonly used science and math textbooks and programs; and professional development opportunities available to teachers.

Read highlights of the report by clicking on the title
Read the 2012 National Survey of Science and Math Education (PDF)

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Backyard Brains: Neuroscience for everyone!

Backyard Brains enables everyone to be a neuroscientist!

We provide affordable neuroscience experiment kits for students of all ages to learn (hands-on) about electrophysiology. Now everyone from schoolchildren to grad students and every grade in between can experiment with similar tools used by real neuroscientists worldwide! By following a few simple steps, everyone can experience first-hand how the brain communicates with our sense, memories, hopes, and desires.

Click here for more information

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miniCAST 2013 in El Paso Texas. Now taking Proposals for presentations!

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miniCAST 2013 in El Paso coming this September! Are you going to make it?

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High school science teacher Tyler DeWitt was ecstatic about a lesson plan on bacteria (how cool!) — and devastated when his students hated it. The problem was the textbook: it was impossible to understand. He delivers a rousing call for science teachers to ditch the jargon and extreme precision, and instead make science sing through stories and demonstrations. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)

Tyler DeWitt recognizes that textbooks are not the way to get young people interested in science. Instead, he teaches science by making it fun and fantastical.

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