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The Art of Building Small: from Molecular Switches to Motors
With Dr. Ben Feringa: 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry

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May 11, 20191 min read
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How chromosomes are protected by telomeres and telomerase
With Dr. Jack. W. Szostak: 2009 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

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May 11, 20191 min read
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Directed Evolution of Enzymes
With Dr. Frances H. Arnold: 2018 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry.

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May 11, 20191 min read
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'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'
With the Distinguished Donald Johanson. A true honor.

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May 10, 20191 min read
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Universal Design: a safety net
Units should be designed such that instructions, expectations, and time management for completion are so clear that there are layers of...

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Apr 22, 20191 min read
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How to maximize and enrich lab time for all students: reduce redundancy, increase fun, go digital
Questions: 1. How do you ensure that students do fun experiments, play with variables, write their own methods, ask their own questions,...

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Jul 31, 20183 min read
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Linear Programming
Many phenomena in life, engineering, science, and business finance require meeting an objective (optimal solution that has to be...

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Jul 31, 20181 min read
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Gauss-Jordan Elimination and Determining if a Matrix is Invertible and Applications: Cryptography
For a square matrix 3 x 3, determining whether it is invertible or not will involve a system of linear equations with 9 equations and 9...

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Jul 27, 20181 min read
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The importance of communicating clear goals to scaffold student success: a recent classroom example
The importance of student metacognition, self-assessment, and providing rich feedback to students during the process of working and...

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Jul 16, 20182 min read
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New Scientist - Great for Student Science Journals (Science in the News)
"How to think about ... Life / The multiverse / Time / Truth / Entropy / Consciousness / Gender / Logic / Particles / Schrödinger's cat /...

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Jul 15, 20181 min read
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Coding in Education
Does teaching coding to elementary students lead to better performance in other learning parameters including mathematics, logic tasks,...

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Jul 14, 20181 min read
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Classroom of the future: no walls! S.T.E.A.M - what you learn in math is immediately applied!
An example I can think of readily: Math: learn Fibonacci sequence Science: Emphasize math as code of the universe: examples of Fibonacci...

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Jun 28, 20181 min read
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Empower: Teach to Inspire
Turn your classrooms and school into an interconnected learning community where ALL students feel respected, valued, and leave wanting to...

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Oct 29, 20171 min read
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Role of Teacher and Student: how to alter status quo
Unfortunately, the role of teacher and student has not changed to any significant degree not only in the last few decades to half a...

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Oct 29, 20173 min read
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Toward Scientific Literacy: reduce overstuffing and increase relevance
Scientific literacy to me is about connecting dots (see relationships, critique, view things with skepticism, don't just listen and read...

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Oct 29, 20173 min read
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Using an Activities-based Approach to Teach Science to Students with Learning Exceptionalities
​I have learned that it is best if we refer to students with special learning needs as students with learning exceptionalities, and not...

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Oct 29, 20173 min read
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Science and the Adolescent Learner in the 21st century: creating a welcoming inclusive atmosphere
As a teacher I make choices everyday that affect adolescent learning (I teach grades 7 - 9) regarding the following parameters, taken...

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Oct 29, 20173 min read
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Tech integration and the SAMR model: aim for transformation, not just enhancement
Technology is so pervasive and seamless today that it makes its way into our lessons almost subconsciously. The good thing is that today,...

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Oct 29, 20173 min read
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STSE - transformative, reconstructive approach
Guiding Q: how can we make sure we address the STSE expectations? After reading the recent research PLC article by Erminia Perdetti &...

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Oct 29, 20173 min read
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Skype in the Classroom - Skype-a-Thon
Steve Auslander @sauslander is a 5th grade teacher and a Skype Master Teacher with the Skype in the Classroom program sponsored by...

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Oct 29, 20172 min read
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