Preschool Gems
Preschool Gems

Author: Leslie McCollom

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1101611243

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When preschool teacher Leslie McCollom created the Preschool Gems Twitter feed, it was because precious jewels were slipping through her fingers every day. Jewels like, "My mom lived in the 90's," “I'm feeling poisonous, baby kitty,” and “OK, but I'm still a dragon.” Although she swore she’d remember these gems forever, in five minutes they would vanish, never to be heard by human ears again. So she became a covert anthropologist in the underground world of children, and started carefully cataloging them, and has been gracing the Twitterverse with her findings ever since—such as: “When I went to the chainsaw store I saw someone with REAL bubble gum.” “There's a wolf in my tummy and a porcupine in my bum.” "I don't care about time outs. I only care about my life." "Who are me?” “I love David Bowie. I’m going to marry David Bowie.” Preschool Gems is a collection of the most bizarre, hilarious, jaw-dropping things overheard at Leslie’s school. By turns sweet, sinister, and naively sincere, these treasures prove that kids are really just miniature people who are weirder and a lot less inhibited than their adult counterparts.

Matter
Matter

Author: Kevin Beals

Publisher: Great Explorations

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13:

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Students learn fundamental concepts about matter and overcome common misconceptions through a series of engaging investigations, each followed by a lively discussion based on evidence they have gathered. The activities in this guide help teachers build a foundation of inquisitiveness and develop solid science concepts in students. Activities reinforce an understanding of the states of matter, as students examine real-world materials, some resistant to categorization, and find ways to define each as solid, liquid or gas.

20 Great Career-Building Activities Using Twitter
20 Great Career-Building Activities Using Twitter

Author: Kathy Furgang

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1508172684

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Anyone with an internet connection has the potential to reach millions of people with a single message using Twitter. The 140-character updates and posts, called tweets, allow people to reach as many followers as they can get. Students can use Twitter to their advantage, far beyond talking about favorite sports teams or rock stars. They can use it for creative expression and academics, from research to reporting to a college search. Young entrepreneurs can use Twitter to promote a business. Twenty activities help readers create a portfolio and build a digital footprint that can open doors professionally, academically, and creatively.

Engaged Journalism
Engaged Journalism

Author: Jake Batsell

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2015-02-03

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0231538677

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Engaged Journalism explores the changing relationship between news producers and audiences and the methods journalists can use to secure the attention of news consumers. Based on Jake Batsell's extensive experience and interaction with more than twenty innovative newsrooms, this book shows that, even as news organizations are losing their agenda-setting power, journalists can still thrive by connecting with audiences through online technology and personal interaction. Batsell conducts interviews with and observes more than two dozen traditional and startup newsrooms across the United States and the United Kingdom. Traveling to Seattle, London, New York City, and Kalamazoo, Michigan, among other locales, he attends newsroom meetings, combs through internal documents, and talks with loyal readers and online users to document the successes and failures of the industry's experiments with paywalls, subscriptions, nonprofit news, live events, and digital tools including social media, data-driven interactives, news games, and comment forums. He ultimately concludes that, for news providers to survive, they must constantly listen to, interact with, and fulfill the specific needs of their audiences, whose attention can no longer be taken for granted. Toward that end, Batsell proposes a set of best practices based on effective, sustainable journalistic engagement.

Terrarium Habitats
Terrarium Habitats

Author: Kimi Hosoume

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13:

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"The guide includes concise and interesting biological information on a number of possible small organisms (sow bugs, isopods, earthworms, snails...) that can become terrarium inhabitants. Students observe these and other terrarium components and record changes over time. There are detailed instructions on setting up and maintaining the terrariums. Special features include an optional soil-profile test for older students, and making "decomposition bags" to learn more about the natural life cycle."

The Development of Children and Adolescents
The Development of Children and Adolescents

Author: Penny Hauser-Cram

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-11-25

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 0470405406

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The Development of Children and Adolescents, by Penny Hauser-Cram, J. Kevin Nugent, Kathleen Thies, and John F. Travers, provides an integrated view of child development. Presenting the most pertinent research for each developmental stage and linking this to practical applications in the areas of Parenting, Policy, and Practice, this balanced approach emphasizes the relationship between research and theory and applications. The rich media program, including WileyPLUS with Real Development promotes active learning and allows for increased understanding and comprehension of the course content. Real Development, authored by Nicole Barnes, Ph.D., Montclair State University and Christine Hatchard, Psy.D., Monmouth University, uses authentic video showcasing real families, along with activities and assessments that put students in the place of a professional, to gain an understanding of key concepts. Through the combination of text and media, students are engaged in meaningful learning that deepens and enriches their understanding of developmental concepts. WileyPLUS sold separately from text.

Animal Defenses
Animal Defenses

Author: Jean C. Echols

Publisher: GEMS

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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Young children learn about the defensive structures and defensive behaviors of dinosaurs and of familiar animals today.

Ghetto
Ghetto

Author: Mitchell Duneier

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0374161801

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Clair Drake, graduate students whose conception of the South Side of Chicago established a new paradigm for thinking about Northern racism and poverty in the 1940s. We learn how the psychologist Kenneth Clark subsequently linked Harlem's slum conditions with the persistence of black powerlessness in the civil rights era, and we follow the controversy over Daniel Patrick Moynihan's report on the black family. We see how the sociologist William Julius Wilson redefined the debate about urban America as middle-class African Americans increasingly escaped the ghetto and the country retreated from racially specific remedies. And we trace the education reformer Geoffrey Canada's efforts to transform the lives of inner-city children with ambitious interventions, even as other reformers sought to help families escape their neighborhoods altogether. Ghetto offers a clear-eyed assessment of the thinkers and doers who have shaped American ideas about urban poverty--and the ghetto.

Women and Girls in STEM Fields
Women and Girls in STEM Fields

Author: Heather Burns Page

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2024-09-19

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1440879915

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Written by a respected science educator and advocate for women and girls in STEM fields, this one-stop resource provides a rich overview of efforts to provide women and girls with greater access to educational and career opportunities in traditionally male-dominated STEM fields. Since the passage of Title IX, the numbers of American women working in STEM fields have increased, particularly in the social and biological sciences. Nonetheless, women continue to be underrepresented in STEM disciplines, accounting for less than a third of the current STEM workforce. When the intersection of sociocultural factors such as race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic background are examined alongside gender, some demographic groups of women continue to lag in terms of representation in all STEM fields. The reasons cited for this continued state of affairs remain hotly debated, even as efforts intensify to break down longstanding gender barriers and bring women and girls into the worlds of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Women and Girls in STEM Fields provides wide-ranging, complementary coverage of every aspect of the issue, from the historical barriers that confronted generations of American women and girls interested in pursuing careers in various STEM disciplines to the laws and movements that dismantle some of those obstacles. Features include smartly organized chapters on major trends, issues, debates, and historical moments; carefully selected profiles of the key organizations and individuals that have shaped discussions of this subject in Washington, D.C. and across the USA; a suite of original essays from educators, scholars, and women writing about their firsthand experiences in today's STEM world.

Parent Partners
Parent Partners

Author: Jacqueline Barber

Publisher: University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13:

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Parent Partners is a set of materials especially designed for educators and activist parents who are seeking to increase parental involvement in their school and community. This variety of tools will help educate parents about current approaches in elementary science and mathematics education and about the enormous impact parents can make in their child's education. Included are: Parent Education Sessions-Step-by-step instructions for the presentation of three parent education workshops, How Parents Make a Difference; How Students Learn Best; Testing: Knowing What Your Child Knows. Take-home Handouts-Sixteen clear, jargon-free handouts providing detailed information on what parents can do that makes a difference for children. These include: What Parents Can Do to Make a Difference, 20 Ways to Support Your Children and Their School, Four Common Ways Parents Discourage Their Children, and more. Engaging Messages-A series of short digests of research findings that can be used to motivate parents to get involved. Decades of research studies point to parent involvement in a child's education as the single most important factor for academic success. Research also shows that students and schools are most successful when parents and teachers work together as active partners. The materials in Parent Partners can help transform schools into vibrant educational communities by increasing the role of parents. All of these materials focus on giving parents practical things they can do to enable their children's success. Being involved doesn't require knowledge of math or science, a college education, or any extensive preparation. There are many things a parent can dothat can make a huge difference for children. Jacqueline Barber is the Director of the GEMS Program, and Associate Director of the Lawrence Hall of Science, the internationally renowned center for science and mathematics education.