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		<title>They Might Be Giants, But They&#8217;re Actually Teaching Little Ones&#8230;.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m dating myself by saying this, but when I think of the band They Might Be Giants I think of the songs Particle Man and Birdhouse in Your Soul. These days, teachers everywhere are using videos by this offbeat band to teach their kids about science. The song below, called Roy G. Biv, teaches about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Informal Science Education &#8211; &#8220;Free Choice Learning&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I &#8220;attended&#8221; a webinar put on by Education Week. It featured two experts discussing recent trends in informal science education. It&#8217;s interesting to think about how those trends affect (mostly in very positive ways!) parents and families who want to encourage the spirit of inquiry and satisfy their curiosity about the world. A few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experiential Learning at its Best!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this &#8211; it has all the elements of perfect learning: 1. Science tools. 2. Dirty kids. 3. Excitement. 4. Mystery. 5. Discovery. 6.Higher-Level Thinking. In fact, one student said, &#8220;This is probably the best science class ever,&#8221; (Angus Stewart). What is all this referring to? One teacher teaching science the way it should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Takes a Village (and some Collaboration)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 01:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this. It has all the elements of a great learning experience: &#8220;Advanced science students at Zionsville High School extracted and analyzed dolphin DNA this month in an ongoing collaboration with the Indianapolis Zoo, the University of Indianapolis and other research facilities.&#8221; IndyStar.com  Purpose &#8211; check. Relevance &#8211; check. Inquiry &#8211; check. Intrinsically motivating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awakening the Spirit of Discovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a parent and teacher, one of the great joys of my life has been watching students discover the world around them &#8211; not &#8216;teaching&#8217; them about it, but guiding them in such a way that they encounter and discover for themselves. Some of my favorite science questions &#8230;.. What happened? I wonder what would [...]]]></description>
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