Forensic Firsts Forensic Clues Mouseover clues on the crimes scene to uncover special bonus content. Watch Video Watch the Sneak Peak See how ruthless murderers are brought down by revolutionary forensic techniques. Watch Preview Where do Fingerprints Come From? Missouri Minerals Education Foundation CALLING ALL MISSOURI K-9 Teachers The Missouri Minerals Education Foundation invites you to participate in the 14th annual "Missouri Is A State Of Mines -- Rocks, Minerals And Our Environment" workshop that is being held July 14th-19th, 2013 at William Jewel College, Liberty, Missouri. This FREE workshop provides information, ideas, materials and classroom activities involving geology, minerals, mining, and the wise use of our natural resources which participants can begin immediately using in the classroom. Activities include demonstrations, exhibits and tours. The Workshop is open to all K - 9 teachers and administrators who live or teach in Missouri and is limited to 60 participants. Upon receipt of our registration, a confirmation notice will be sent. For more information on the various aspects of the workshop contact the following people: Previous Teacher Workshops 2012 - Mineral Area College, Park Hills 2011 – Missouri State University, Springfield 2009 - William Jewell College, Liberty
MASTER Tools Modeling And Simulation Tools for Education Reform MASTER Tools, developed by The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. are the result of on-going collaborations with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), George Mason University, and other education organizations. They are designed to be interactive tools and simulation environments that enable and encourage exploration and discovery through observation, conjecture, and modeling activities. Our growing portfolio of MASTER tools will soon be fully integrated with new collaboration tools and online research facilities to create an authentic scientific experience. All of our simulations and supporting curriculum materials are designed in accordance with the new National Science Education Standards and the National Math Education Standards. Instructional materials are currently available for GalaxSee, SimSurface, and the Fractal Microscope.
10 Of The Best Educational Online Games Danger Zone Students are faced with serious global issues to tackle in this fantastic character-based game. They have to use different skills to solve a challenge like combating a deadly airborne illness using test-samples, note-taking and learning along the way! The Blood Typing Game This brilliant, prize-winning game from the Nobel Prize website lets students get up-close and personal with medical and biological processes, learning about patients, treatment and blood-types. Two settings enable students to choose between quick play or a longer mission-based game. Kodu A fantastic innovation from Microsoft, Kodu introduces students to a new visual programming language made specifically for creating games. Climate Challenge A great game from the BBC, this puts students into the shoes of the president of the ‘European Nations’, tackling climate change through a challenging combination of policy choices and diplomatic persuasion! SimCEO Play My Code Wasteland Adventure Electrocity Virtual Surgery
STEM :: Home Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception Unit 5- Gone Gaming - Ms. Zimmer- Technology at ASM What is Gamestar Mechanic? Gamestar Mechanic is a game and online community that teaches kids how to design their own games. Designing games builds: Systems Thinking21st Century SkillsCreative Problem SolvingArt and AestheticsWriting and StorytellingCreates motivation for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) learning Over the next several weeks, we will play through Gamestar Mechanic, learn some of the basic principles of game design and ultimately create our own games. We will go through the six phases of the Design Cycle as we create our games for a chosen audience. Why use games in the classroom? Image from Gamestar Mechanic Gamestar Mechanic was designed with the understanding that game design is an activity that allows learners to build technical, technological, artistic, cognitive, social, and linguistic skills suitable for our current and future world. Unit Preview: Rock-Paper-Scissors Activity All games are systems designed to be played. Why are games used in education?
Make solar energy economical As a source of energy, nothing matches the sun. It out-powers anything that human technology could ever produce. Only a small fraction of the sun’s power output strikes the Earth, but even that provides 10,000 times as much as all the commercial energy that humans use on the planet. Why is solar energy important? Already, the sun’s contribution to human energy needs is substantial — worldwide, solar electricity generation is a growing, multibillion dollar industry. Those fossil fuels cannot remain the dominant sources of energy forever. For a long-term, sustainable energy source, solar power offers an attractive alternative. Many of the technologies to address these issues are already in hand. How efficient is solar energy technology? But today’s commercial solar cells, most often made from silicon, typically convert sunlight into electricity with an efficiency of only 10 percent to 20 percent, although some test cells do a little better. How do you make solar energy more economical? DOE.