Archive for the ‘Professional Development’ Category

Virtual Session – Science and Literacy

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Are you looking for ways to help your students improve their literacy skills?  Using science notebooks to help students write about their inquiry-based science experiences helps develop both science concepts and literacy as students practice communicating their observations. Here are some resources for you:

 

  • Visit the Science Companion website for a free article about the What, Why, and How of using student science notebooks in your classroom.

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Calling Indiana! Join our Virtual Caravan!

Monday, January 17th, 2011

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Find out what’s cooking at Science Companion!

Coming to the Indiana Textbook Caravan?

We’re looking forward to meeting you!

Stop by our booth and try your hand at inquiry science, take away a sampler to share Science Companion with your colleagues, and check out our presentation to find out how you can get your classrooms cooking with Science Companion.
(And ask us how you can win a chance at your own Let’s Get Cooking! apron…)

Can’t make it live? Join us for a Virtual Caravan!

For those of you who are unable to join us OR for those who just can’t get enough Caravan, come one by to find photos, presentations, science teaching tips, Virtual Field trips, recipes from friends and colleagues, and chances for an apron as well, all on our website. We’ll be updating it daily, so stop by to see what’s cooking!

Click here to visit the First Ever Annual Science Companion Virtual Indiana Textbook Caravan!

Do You Have This Book?

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

A great resource for teachers and administrators curious about inquiry-based science.

Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning (2000)