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21st century skills, Animals in the classroom, Assessment, Bloom's taxonomy, Books, Careers, Certification, Citizen science, Classroom management, Clearinghouses of Resources, Common Core, Competitions, Concept maps, Constructivism, Controversial issuesCooperative learning, Cross-cutting concepts/ideas, Curriculum, Data, Data visualization, Demos, Differentiated instruction, Disabilities and science education, Engineering, Eduspeak, ESL, Ethical and Legal Issues, Evolution, First year science teachers, Flipped Classroom, Freebies, Fun, Games, Gender, Grants, History of Science, Holidays, Human Subjects (IRB), Humor, Icebreakers, Images, Infographics, Inquiry, Intellectual Property, Jobs, Jokes, Journals, Lab activities, Learning management systems (LMS), Learning modalities, Learning environmentLearning Theories, Lesson plans (Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, Physics, Interdisciplinary, Other), Library, Living organisms, Misconceptions, Models, Motivation, Multicultural Science, Multimedia, Nature of Science, News, New York, New York City, New Science Teachers, Online science courses, Open Source Software, Organizations, Philosophy of Teaching, Philosophy of Science, Planning, Plants, Professional development, Problem Based learning (PBL), Project based learning, a Private Universe, Reading and Science Research, Review, Rubrics, Safety, Science fairs and competitions, Science literacy, Simulations, Songs, Sounds, Sports and science, Standards, STEM, STS Issues, Students, Supplies, Science, Sociometry, Technology, Teacher certification, Teacher evaluation, Textbooks, Tutorials, Unifying conceptsVideos, Virtual labs, Volunteer Computing Projects, Wait time, Web design, Websites, Women and science

21st century skills
Animals in the classroom
Assessment

Bloom's taxonomy

Books

  • Free books
  • Education, general books
    • Top education books
      • Bruner, Jerome S. The process of education. Vol. 115. Harvard University Press, 1977.
      • Dewey, J. (1916). Democracy and education.
      • Kozol, J. (2012). Amazing grace: The lives of children and the conscience of a nation. Broadway.
      • Kozol, J. (2012). Savage inequalities: Children in America's schools. Broadway.
      • Kozol, J. (2006). The shame of the nation: The restoration of apartheid schooling in America. Three Rivers Press.
      • Kozol, J. (1967). Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools.
  • Educational technology books
    • Top educational technology books
      • Bergmann, J. (2012). Flip Your Classroom: Talk To Every Student In Every Class Every Day Author:
      • Jonathan Bergmann, Aaron Sams.
      • Berners-Lee, T., & Fischetti, M. (2001). Weaving the Web: The original design and ultimate destiny of the World Wide Web by its inventor. DIANE Publishing Company.
      • Carr, N. (2011). The shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains. WW Norton.
      • Cuban, L. (1986). Teachers and machines : the classroom use of technology since 1920. New York: Teachers College Press.
      • Cuban, L. (2003). Oversold and underused : computers in the classroom Harvard University Press.
      • Gleick, J. (2011). The information: A history, a theory, a flood. Fourth Estate (GB).
      • Haynes, C., & Holmevik, J. V. (1999). Mooniversity: a student’s guide to online learning environments (1st ed.) Needham Heights, MA, USA: Allyn and Bacon.
      • Johnson, S. (2010). Where good ideas come from: The natural history of innovation. ePenguin.
        Kelly, K. (2010). What technology wants. Viking Press.
      • Kennepohl, D., & Shaw, L. (2010). Accessible Elements: Teaching Science Online and at a Distance. Au Pr. 
      • Khan, S. (2012). The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. Twelve.
      • Lanier, Jaron.  2010.  You are not a gadget.  New York:  Alfred A. Knopf.
      • Margolis, J., & Fisher, A. (2003). Unlocking the clubhouse : women in computing The MIT Press.
      • McCaughey, M., & Ayers, M. D. (Eds.). (2003). Cyberactivism: online activism in theory and practice. London: Routledge.
      • Negroponte, N. (1995). Being digital Knopf.
      • Neilsen, J. (1999). Designing web usability: the practice of simplicity. Indianapolis: New Riders.
      • Papert, S. (1980). Mindstorms : children, computers, and powerful ideas. New York: Basic Books.
      • Postman, N. (1992). Technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology. New York: Knopf.
      • Rheingold, H. (1994). The virtual community : homesteading on the electronic frontier. New York: HarperPerennial.
      • Rheingold, H. (2000). The virtual community: homesteading on the electronic frontier The MIT Press.
      • Rosen, L. D. (2010). Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the way they learn. Palgrave Macmillan.
      • Stoll, C. (1995). Silicon snake oil : second thoughts on the information highway. New York: Doubleday.
      • Stoll, C. (1999). High tech heretic: why computers don't belong in the classroom and other reflections by a computer contrarian Doubleday.
      • Stoll, C. (2000). High-tech heretic : reflections of a computer contrarian Anchor Books.
      • Tufte, E. R. (1997). Visual explanations : images and quantities, evidence and narrative. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press.
      • Tufte, E. R. (2006). Beautiful evidence (Vol. 23). Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press.
      • Turkle, S. (1984). The second self : computers and the human spirit. New York: Simon & Schuster.
      • Turkle, S. (1995). Life on the screen : identity in the age of the internet. New York: Simon & Schuster.
      • Turkle, S. (2011). Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. Basic Books.
  • Science books
    • Biology books
      • Benyus, J. M. (2002). Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature. William Morrow Paperbacks.
      • The Science of Skin - http://sciencenetlinks.com/media/filer/2011/10/25/si_skin_book.pdf
      • George, J. C. (1992). Who Really Killed Cock Robin? (Vol. 25). HarperCollins.
      • Lewis, R. (2012). The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It. St Martins Press.- Teacher's guide:  http://www.rickilewis.com  Ricki's blog http://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/
      • Carson, R. (2002). Silent spring. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
      • Dinerstein, E. (2005). Tigerland and other unintended destinations. Island Press.
      • Tallamy, D. W. (2007). Bringing nature home.
    • Chemistry books
    • Earth and Space Science books
      • Top Earth Science books
        • McGuire, B. (2012). Waking the Giant: How a changing climate triggers earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. OUP Oxford.
    • Physics books
    • Interdisciplinary science books
      • Benyus, J. M. (2002). Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature. William Morrow Paperbacks.
    • Other books
      • Diamond, Jared M., and Doug Ordunio. Guns, germs, and steel. New York: Norton, 1997.
      • Kuhn, T. S. (1970). The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago and London.
  • Science education, general books
    • Biology education
      • Louv, R. (2008). Last child in the woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. Algonquin Books.
    • Chemistry education books
    • Earth and Space science education books
    • Physics education books
    • Other science education books
      • NSTA Science Store
      • Newport, C. (2005). How to win at college: Surprising secrets for success from the country's top students. Broadway.
      • Newport, C. (2006). How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less. Broadway.
    • Tik Liem's books

Careers

Certification

Citizen science

Classroom management
Clearinghouses of Resources

Common Core

Competitions

Concept maps

Constructivism

Controversial Issues

  • Evolution - an accepted scientific theory
  • Genetically modified organisms
Cooperative learning

Cross-cutting concepts/ideas

Curriculum

Data, science

Data visualization - Tools to visualize data, charts, graphs

Demos, science

Differentiated instruction

Disabilities and science education

Eduspeak, jargon

Engineering

ESL and science

Ethical and Legal Issues

Evolution

First year science teachers

Flipped Classroom

Freebies

Fun

Games

Gender and Science

Grants

History of Science
Holidays and science

Human Subjects (IRB)

Humor

Icebreakers
Images

Infographics

Inquiry

Intellectual Property

Jobs

Jokes

Journals

Laboratory activities

Learning (Course) Management Systems (LMS)

Learning modalities

Learning environment

Learning theories

Lesson plans

How to write a lesson plan

How to write a unit plan

Sources and examples of lesson plans

Library

  • Queens College
    • Science education books and journals in the QC library
    • Tour of the science education resources in the QC library:
    • Enter at the Main Floor (3rd floor).  You will need to have a picture ID to enter (preferably your Queens College ID).  Your first stop will be to look at some Science Education Reference Materials (located in the aisle between Q1 and QA36) .  Examples of reference books are  handbooks of research on science education,  National Science Education Standards, science education statistics, etc.  (You can look at these in the library but you cannot check them out.)
    • Next you can go up to the 5th floor where you can find circulating science education books and Peterson Field Guides.  You can pick out a science education book here.  
    • On the 4th floor just beyond the juvenile (Pre-K-12) collection, you will find science textbooks and teacher editions, and assorted science books.  The books in the Juvenile section are arranged by topic.
    • Finally go down to the first floor to see the educational curriculum center  in Room 109B.  Most of the materials here are older or for elementary education.  You will notice many metal filing cabinets.  These contain microfiche of ERIC documents.  You probably can find most of these documents online but it is here, just in case.
    • After visiting the center, you can browse the science education journals that are located online and also  at the following locations  on the first floor
    • Remember, do not hesitate to ask the reference librarians for help if you can't find something.
  • Science Education books in the QC library

Living Organisms

Misconceptions

Models

Motivation

Multicultural Science

Multimedia

Nature of Science

News

New Science Teachers

New York
New York City

Online science courses

  • Examples of Online science courses
Open Source Software
Organizations

Private Universe

Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Teaching

Planning

  • How to develop curriculum

Plants

Problem Based learning (PBL)

Professional development

Project-based learning

Queens College

  • Useful links
    • Library
      • Science education books and journals in the QC library
      • Tour of the science education resources in the QC library:
      • Enter at the Main Floor (3rd floor).  You will need to have a picture ID to enter (preferably your Queens College ID).  Your first stop will be to look at some Science Education Reference Materials (located in the aisle between Q1 and QA36) .  Examples of reference books are  handbooks of research on science education,  National Science Education Standards, science education statistics, etc.  (You can look at these in the library but you cannot check them out.)
      • Next you can go up to the 5th floor where you can find circulating science education books and Peterson Field Guides.  You can pick out a science education book here.  
      • On the 4th floor just beyond the juvenile (Pre-K-12) collection, you will find science textbooks and teacher editions, and assorted science books.  The books in the Juvenile section are arranged by topic.
      • Finally go down to the first floor to see the educational curriculum center  in Room 109B.  Most of the materials here are older or for elementary education.  You will notice many metal filing cabinets.  These contain microfiche of ERIC documents.  You probably can find most of these documents online but it is here, just in case.
      • After visiting the center, you can browse the science education journals that are located online and also  at the following locations  on the first floor
      • Remember, do not hesitate to ask the reference librarians for help if you can't find something.
Reading and Science
Research

Educational research, general
Educational research, technology
Educational research, science education
Quantitative
Qualitative
Other
Reports
Research, general

References

Science research, general

Review

Rubrics

Safety
Safety and liability
School chemistry laboratory safety guide
Lab safety institute
Other useful safety resources:

Science fairs and competitions

Science literacy

Simulations

Sociometry

Songs

Sounds
Sports and science

Exploratorium - Sports science


The Science of Baseball
The Science of Basketball
The Science of Football

The Science of Soccer (football)

Standards

Statistics

STEM resources

STS Issues

Students

  • Help for undergraduate students studying science
      • Blogs
      • Books
        • Newport, C. (2005). How to win at college: Surprising secrets for success from the country's top students. Broadway.
        • Newport, C. (2006). How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less. Broadway.
      • Websites

Supplies, Science



Technology
Types of technology tools and examples of how they might  be used in science:
  • Intellectual property
  • Interactive White Boards
    • Epson Brightlink
    • Prometheus
    • Mimio
    • Smartboards
  • Other useful technology tools:

Teacher certification

Teacher evaluation

Textbooks

Technology

Tutorials

Unifying concepts

Videos

Virtual labs

Volunteer Computing Projects

Wait time

Web design

Websites

Women and science

Henrietta Lacks has made an enduring contribution of incalculable value to all of humankind.

Examples of women scientists who have made important contributions to science:

Biology

Chemistry

Earth Science

Physics

Sites related to females and science, and science education

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