Become a Prime Pilot!

March 30th, 2012

Introducing Science Companion Prime

We are delighted to announce that we are creating a powerful new hybrid curriculum, combining the great hands-on, minds-on inquiry pedagogy at the heart of  Science Companion with a great new set of digital tools.

We will be piloting with a select group of school districts across the country in our first four content areas: Energy, Solids, Liquids and Gases, Electrical Circuits, and Motion.

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Want more information? Interested in piloting?
Please email us at info@sciencecompanion.com or call us at 888-352-0660 to set up a demo!

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Free STEM Resources

May 16th, 2012

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Free Resources for Teachers

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In 2011, USInnovations.org published a STEM Report Card for each state and the District of Columbia.  Find out how STEM is connected to your state’s future economic and employment prospects.  How does your state rank?

Click here to view the Report Cards.


Engineering is easier that you think!  Here’s a free article

for you to pass on to teachers from a leader in elementary engineering curriculum with tips on how to make the leap from teaching science to teaching engineering.

Click here to download the free article.

 

A STEM white paper from learning.com explains how integrated STEM projects help students learn by constructing their own knowledge of the world around them.  You can request this free white paper as well as a 2012 National STEM Report from their Helpful Resources section.

Click here for the STEM section of the learning.com site. (Look for the links on the right hand side of their STEM page.)


 

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What’s 65 feet tall and weighs 90 tons?

May 16th, 2012

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A wooden elephant, of course!

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Meet Lucy the Elephant.  This fine example of zoomorphic architecture sits just a few miles south of Atlantic City in Margate.  This attraction was originally commissioned when land speculator James Lafferty needed a reason for people to visit what was then an undeveloped area known as South Atlantic City.

The Lucy website has more information about Lucy as well as photos and videos.  Check out their videos “Exploratory Surgery” and “Mending a Tail” to learn about the difficulties of preserving and maintaining a 130 year old wooden, tin elephant.

 

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Scientists and gambling?

May 16th, 2012

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Casinos, the boardwalk, salt water taffy, Donald Trump, physicists.

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Physicists!???

What comes to mind when you think of Atlantic City?

It turns out physicists and gambling have a lot to talk about.   Click here to read about physics and math in this article from Discover Magazine.

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