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Tag Archives: steam education
A Constellation in a Box
Several weeks ago I wrote up a lesson plan as part of a contest sponsored by ORISE, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. Winners of the contest would receive an all-expenses paid trip to the National Science Teachers … Continue reading
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Tagged 3d models of stars, astronomy education, classes of stars, constellation, declination, earth science lessons, light years, middle school astronomy, modeling, modeling constellations, ngss standards, parallax, right ascension, scale and proportion, spectral types, stars, steam education, stellar types, teaching about the stars
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Arrakeen Colony, Mars
During our fall 2016 semester at American Academy of Innovation, we selected Mars Exploration as the theme of our first school-wide project. To prepare my classes and get students excited, I involved them in creating several projects related to … Continue reading
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Tagged american academy of innovation, arrakeen, engineering through art, junk sculpture, living on mars, mars colony, mars exploration, materials science education, modeling in science, names for mars, project based learning, steam education, steam projects, stem education, visualizing the future
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Using Mars MOLA 3D Data
Fourteen years ago I was on a quest. I knew that 3D altitude data of Mars was available online because I had seen it used in illustrations for National Geographic and other magazines. I wanted to figure out how to … Continue reading
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Tagged 3d modeling in science, aram chaos, ares vallis, artemis westenberg, authentic astronomy data, chryse planitia, david black, image j, kees veenenbos, mars 3d data, mars exploration, mars global surveyor, mars mola data, mars orbiter laser altimeter, steam education
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Students as Teachers
One of the cornerstones of my education philosophy is that students learn best when they are expected to teach concepts to others. I’ve talked about this at some length on my other blog site at: https://elementsunearthed.com/2011/03/01/second-round-of-chemistry-demostrations/. It is based on the … Continue reading
The Spaced-Out Classroom 