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August 27th, 2007 — H.O.T. skills, achievement gap, home schooling, homework, tips for summer, writing from Dr-J @ Read about it
Travel is a great part of your child’s education
August 11th, 2007 — achievement gap, biology, family time, holidays, home schooling, science education from Dr-J @ Read about it
Many people are traveling at this time of the year. Even if you are at home all summer, you can act like a tourist for a day or two. Try new restaurants, go to museums. What about going to the botanical gardens, the park or the zoo? Talk or write abou…
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August 10th, 2007 — Physics, achievement gap, chemistry, higher order thinking, home schooling, homework, tips for summer, women in science from Dr-J @ Read about it
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August 2nd, 2007 — Physics, achievement gap, family time, holidays, home schooling, homework, scientific literacy, tips for summer, women in science from Dr-J @ Read about it
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July 18th, 2007 — H.O.T. skills, achievement gap, biology, environment, home schooling, science education, scientific literacy, stress reduction, tips for summer from Dr-J @ Read about it
An article on dragonflies, by Dr J, discussing reducing the global mosquito population while providing topic for art, science, literature and entertainment appeared in TIBU today. Here’s the opening and you can follow the link to read more. Dragonflie…
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July 13th, 2007 — achievement gap, holidays, home schooling, scientific literacy, standardized tests from Dr-J @ Read about it
Over the summer you can strengthen your vocabulary. When students swear, I suggest to them it is because their vocabulary isn’t developed sufficiently to have word to express accurately how they feel. This idea of words being able to express thoughts…
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July 11th, 2007 — achievement gap, challenges, continuing education, holidays, home schooling, math education, scientific literacy from Dr-J @ Read about it
Summer is a good time to review what you’ve learned over the last year. Twenty minutes twice a week, or even three times, is all you need for a good review. Since we learn as we progress through life, this applies to everyone, not just to, “students….
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July 10th, 2007 — biology, botany resource link, environment, higher order thinking, holidays, home schooling, science education, tips for summer from Dr-J @ Read about it
Jane Colden, heroine of the botanic world, and now famous for her, “garden.” I went to Jane’s garden. I saw plants that you used to find everywhere around where Jane and I grew up. Well, Jane, in what became Coldenham, and me in the Town of Wallkill…
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July 8th, 2007 — Deaf, achievement gap, biology, botany resource link, chemistry, hard of hearing, holidays, home schooling, science education from Dr-J @ Read about it
Find some NOVA Science videos you can watch for free here. They are close captioned for the deaf, too. Enjoy and report back in the comments what you liked/disliked/learned…http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/index.html(c) 2007 J. S. Shipman
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July 8th, 2007 — achievement gap, family time, higher order thinking, home schooling, homework from Dr-J @ Read about it
Family time builds skills needed for life, including those needed for academic excellence. Time spent sharing values and ideas with your children and other relatives is time well spent. Whether you watch a Friday night TV show (like wrestling) and la…
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Pour some Milk in each of Two Saucers
July 7th, 2007 — biology, challenges, chemistry, higher order thinking, holidays, home schooling, homework, online education, science education, scientific literacy, tips for summer, writing from Dr-J @ Read about it
Dr-J, a user of thisisby.us, thought you would be interested in this content: http://www.thisisby.us/pour_some_milk_in_each_of_two_saucersPour some Milk in each of Two SaucersAnd keep a group of children (or adults) busy all afternoonEnjoy!!!(c)2007J. …
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July 5th, 2007 — Reading, achievement gap, challenges, holidays, home schooling from Dr-J @ Read about it
An ad just came on my blog for Madeleine L’Engle’s book. Oh, that was one of my favorites when I was in third or fourth grade. I loved it. I still remember the characters. I gave a copy to a boy who had immigrated here. He read it when he was in s…
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July 1st, 2007 — H.O.T. skills, biology, challenges, chemistry, higher order thinking, history of science, home schooling, homework, math education, science education, scientific literacy, sustainability from Dr-J @ Read about it
Slowly studying a small part of text, or a chart or graph, may be the best way to read some science. What do you think about that? How do you read science. Let us know.What science have you read this week? Please share your comments.(c)2007 J. S. S…
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