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Using Sentence Starters to Teach Students to Talk Like Scientists

Using Sentence Starters to Teach Students to Talk Like Scientists | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
From www.edtechlens.com - October 29, 2015 8:22 PM
Blog Entity:  Using Sentence Starters to Teach Students to Talk Like Scientists Maria Grant, Professor of Secondary Education at California State University, shares this idea for illustrating for students the difference between...
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These Lovely Birds Do More Than Sing—They Sleep Around

These Lovely Birds Do More Than Sing—They Sleep Around | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
From www.wired.com - October 21, 2015 6:00 PM
North America's most beautiful singer may have a problem.
The post These Lovely Birds Do More Than Sing—They Sleep Around appeared first on WIRED.
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A great overview of the importance and challenges of field work.  Read and listen!  

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Good Thinking! — Science: A Work in Progress - YouTube

From www.youtube.com - October 13, 2015 7:00 PM
Science: A Work in Progress - shows how science isn’t produced through one linear method, but through an interconnected set of practices, and examines ways t...
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New microscope gives close-up glimpse of bugs in the Amazon rainforest

New microscope gives close-up glimpse of bugs in the Amazon rainforest | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
From www.dailymail.co.uk - September 6, 2015 9:13 PM
Foldscope was tested out by US field biologist Aaron Pomerantz, who spent a month in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest where he used the device to capture these striking images.
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We need to try these out during the 2016 Educator Academy in the Amazon and leave some with our Peruvian partners! 

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Excellent edTool for science inquiry (or other subjects)

Excellent edTool for science inquiry (or other subjects) | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
From stephschroeder.wordpress.com - February 20, 2014 7:21 AM
This is hands down one of my favorite apps. It was designed with science inquiry learning in mind, but the awesome thing about it is that it can be used for ANY content area. The teacher (or studen...

Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , JoAnn Delaney
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Diane Johnson's curator insight, February 22, 2014 7:52 AM

Developed at University of Michigan with NSF funding, this App has lots of potential uses in classrooms. It's a great scaffolding tool for helping students develop claims from evidence and selecting evidence from data to support it.
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4 Inquiry-Driven Project Ideas Using Google's Tour Builder

4 Inquiry-Driven Project Ideas Using Google's Tour Builder | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
From evanscherr.wordpress.com - February 14, 2014 10:15 PM
There are a lot of great tools out there that have more than one use. One of my favorite tools is Google's Tour Builder, a Google Maps infused interface that allows the user to create tours. But di...

Via Beth Dichter, JoAnn Delaney
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This would be a fantastic tool for our educators to use to create a video tour of their Amazon experience!

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Beth Dichter's curator insight, February 14, 2014 10:15 PM

Have you explored Tour Builder (from Google)? Evan Scherr states "Tour Builder gives students an interactive way to present their learning in a way that is a lot more engaging than a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation."

This post provides four on how you might use Tour Builder in your classroom, as well as an example that you may check out. These examples include

* Creating a multimedia letter based on historical events (or perhaps a book)

* Using Google Trends and Google Maps. The suggestions here is to look at a trend based on a specific word and find out where it is is popular and is not popular and explore the reasons for this.

* Exploring a favorite city, where each student adds their city to the map

* Use it to have students create Lit Trips

In addition to these suggestions he includes additional ones in other academic areas and shares the many types of multimedia that may be integrated into a Google Tour.

niftyjock's curator insight, February 16, 2014 4:01 PM

More ideas on how to use google maps 
Rocio Watkins's curator insight, February 18, 2014 2:14 AM

Taking presentations to the next level!!! #21stCenturyClassroom
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Researchers in the wild: Vivid images of scientists in their natural habitat

Researchers in the wild: Vivid images of scientists in their natural habitat | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
From mashable.com - November 5, 2015 12:13 PM
Forget white coats and sterile laboratories, many scientists have a deep, personal relationship with the natural environments that become their subject matter.
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Help throw off the stereotype of scientists and share these great images with your students as alternatives!  

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The Challenges and Realities of Inquiry-Based Learning

The Challenges and Realities of Inquiry-Based Learning | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
From ww2.kqed.org - July 3, 2013 3:00 AM
As education continues the march toward a student-driven, project-oriented approach that values intelligent solutions to open-ended problems, it won’t be sufficient to focus on the wonderful discoveries and authentic work that result from an inquiry-based system. Instead, a far more difficult issue will come to the fore: How will we know if inquiry-based learning is successful, and what non-standardized measures of achievement, like better attitude, apply?
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Starting a Bird Club?

Starting a Bird Club? | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
From www.birdsleuth.org - June 30, 2015 12:28 PM
Want to start a bird club at your school? Use these helpful tips and tricks!
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Go for it!  Cornell Lab of Ornithology has all the resources you need to make it happen!

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Wanted: Amazon Orchid Bee Wranglers!

Wanted: Amazon Orchid Bee Wranglers! | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
From www.wanderingeducators.com - March 7, 2014 11:44 AM
How to wrangle Orchid Bees in the Amazon Rainforest
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Science in the rainforest?  YOU BET! 

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▶ Bill Nye - The Joy of Discovery

From www.youtube.com - February 19, 2014 2:53 PM
A marvelous excerpt from Bill Nye's recent debate set to original music. Subscribe for more science mashups and remixes! youtube.com/melodysheep @musicalscie...
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The joy of science.  Beautiful.  Thank you Mr. Nye.

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K-12 Educators Caught Moonlighting as Amazon Super Heroes!

K-12 Educators Caught Moonlighting as Amazon Super Heroes! | Rainforest CLASSROOM | Scoop.it
From archive.constantcontact.com - October 3, 2013 1:39 PM

We've heard it once, we've heard it a thousand times...the future of the planet depends on the students sitting in our classrooms.  As educators, the task of nurturing this next generation to appreciate the role of science in addressing local as well as global problems often falls to us. At times this may seem like a super human task that requires a spandex suit and a cape. 

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K-12 Educators caught moonlighting as Amazon Super Heroes.  Traded in their capes for rain ponchos, field notebooks, and i-buttons!

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