http://www.nsta.org/academy/2011/FellowApplication.aspx
If you are a new science teacher, you can apply to the New York Academy of Science for a summer academy designed just for you.
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Posted in Biology, Chemistry
Tags: Molecular Science, News, science education, teacher, Teacher's Guide, Uncategorized
Tags: Molecular Science, News, science education, teacher, Teacher's Guide, Uncategorized
Teachers role in a high tech classroom
Everyone seems to have an opinion about teacher’s role in the classroom of the future. Some claim that teachers should get out of the way and let kids simply have unfettered access to the internet. Others imagine a classroom in which teachers curate the vast world of information that is available and facilitate students’
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2011 is the Year of Chemistry
www.moleclues.org is a website where you can learn about the things molecules do… like make us fall in love, for instance.
The people behind Moleclues and the Year of Chemistry are The Molecular Frontiers Foundation.
Moleclues wants you to know that 2011 is the international YEAR OF CHEMISTRY!
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STEM Video Game Challenge!
STEM Challenge!
This fall the first National STEM Video Game Challenge invited professional, collegiate, and youth developers to submit prototypes of games to inspire STEM learning for kids pre-k to 4th grade.
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Find the fun in immunology
To build appreciation for the science of immunology, we need to find the fun in it.
Many thousands of people spend their lives in windowless laboratories, standing day in and day out, barely speaking to their silent lab mates, often working in a 4°C room, or holding their arms up for hours while they conduct their experiments inside the awkward,
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Students at Shadow Mountain High School, Phoenix, AZ Recommend Immune Attack
Wonder whether your students will like Immune Attack? Wonder whether it is game enough to hold their attention? Well watch this video.
And oh, if you work for a AAA video game company you can reach me by email!
Thank you to Debbie Kovesdy, her students and the biology teachers who participated in our evaluation.
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Making science video games: Spore and the misrepresentation of science.
A friend said to me,
“I am trying to make a video game to create interest in engineering. Someone told me Spore taught a lot about evolution. What do you think?”
I did play Spore and I was very disappointed. I was angry, actually, because the things that are so cool about evolution were not present.
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USA Science and Engineering Festival!
At the USA Science and Engineering Expo, we had a great time introducing our “free Video Game” to 4000 people. While kids of all ages ran into our booth to see for themselves whether Immune Attack was any good or not, parents were happy to hear that our video game is about white blood cells fighting bacteria.
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Posted in Biology, Chemistry
Tags: high school, Mainstream Science!, Molecular Science, News, Policy, science education, Science of Immune Attack
Tags: high school, Mainstream Science!, Molecular Science, News, Policy, science education, Science of Immune Attack
Immune Attack in the press.
Cell Article on Video games 2010
Amy Maxmen wrote an article about Immune Attack for Cell! Maxmen keeps you up to date about the push from the President and First Lady to make sure we are using video games and all learning technology to their fullest potential.
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Posted in Biology, Chemistry
Tags: Cell Biology, Game Research, microbiology, Molecular Science, News, News, science education, Science Games
Tags: Cell Biology, Game Research, microbiology, Molecular Science, News, News, science education, Science Games
Cellcraft puts you in the driver seat of a cell
So, how do cells avoid viruses? If you wonder, try playing the game CellCraft. It is a terrific game for middle school students or anyone. Check it out, give the Cellcraft team some props on their forum, and then tell me what you like about the game.
www.kongregate.com Play Cellcraft here!
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Posted in Biology, Chemistry
Tags: Biology Video Game, Cell Biology, cells, fun, high school, Middle School, Molecular Science, Science Games, Serious Game Design, Video Game Innovation
Tags: Biology Video Game, Cell Biology, cells, fun, high school, Middle School, Molecular Science, Science Games, Serious Game Design, Video Game Innovation
