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Welcome Back to the Computer Lab: Starting a New School Year
Get kids re-oriented to the computer lab for back-to-school. The constructivist approach in this session allows children to exert ownership of their behavior in the computer lab. Read aloud a few books about good and poor manners, as...
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Cracker Design
Students are presented with the following problem: A cracker manufacturer has been losing money and has to find a way to save her factory. They are given the task to design a new shape for the cracker manufacturer so that as little...
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How do we measure global earthquakes?
Young scholars examine three seismograms of a recent South American earthquake recorded by USGS stations. They measure the S-P distance and use a P and S wave travel-time graph to find the epicenter distance for each seismogram. In...
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Earth Science: In Depth Look at Earthquakes
Learners engage in an interactive Internet instructional activity covering the reasons and results of earthquakes. After reading eyewitness accounts and viewing animations, they use seismograms to measure and locate the epicenters. In an...
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Finding Science in An American Childhood by Annie Dillard
High schoolers read excerpts from Annie Dillard's memoir, "An American Childhood," with the teacher. They experience opportunities to connect English, science, nature and art together from a new and unique perspective. This approach...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Workshop Constructivism: Paradigm for Teaching: Learning
What is constructivism? Use this informative site to learn more about this theory and how it is incorporated into teaching and learning.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Beyond Geometry: Constructivism, Defined
A brief explanation of what is meant by constructivism.
Other
Alien Travel Guide: All About Sculpture
This is a descriptive site that offers information on types, styles, media, artists, history, and periods in creation of sculpture.
Other
Free Univ. Of Brussels: Introduction to Epistemology
The original interpretation of the history of epistemology considered in light of modern evolutionary theory and cybernetics models. Despite this inclination, the author presents a fair and useful overview of that history with helpful...