Posts Tagged ‘inquiry based science’

Ms. Belinda Goes to Indiana

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Belinda Basca, our Director of Customer Curriculum Support, was in Indiana earlier this month to touch base with pilot teachers involved in the ISTEM pilot initiative there.

Jill Maniakas and Jean Morris, iSTEM trainers and pilot teachers for Rocks, from MSD Washington Township.

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Here are Jill Maniakas and Jean Morris, iSTEM trainers and pilot teachers for Rocks, from MSD Washington Township.

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Click here to see more pictures of the faces and places Belinda saw in Indiana.

Virtual Field Trip: Costa Rica and Collecting & Examining Life

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

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April’s Virtual Field Trip, just in time for Earth Day:

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Join Science Companion author Colleen Bell and her family on a Spring Wild Walk in Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica. Find monkeys and sloths, frogs and birds, along with a tree that has a completely unusual idea about what bark should look (and feel!) like…

Science Companion Collecting and Examining Life Virtual Field Trip.

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Click here to find it on Scribd.

(If you have trouble downloading it from our website or from Scribd, just email us at team@sciencecompanion.com and we’re happy to send you a copy!)

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SECO: Enter Our Virtual Raffle!

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Habitats TLM Cover

You can win a free full Teacher Materials collection (including the Teacher Lesson Manual, Assessment Book, and Teacher Master Packet) from our Habitats module.

Jack, Mike, and Devin will be raffling one off at the booth, and we want to offer the same opportunity to all of our Virtual SECO attendees.

To enter, please email us at team@sciencecompanion.com.

Please include the following information:

Name
Positiion (If teacher, what grade; if administrator, what role)
School
School District
City, State, Zip
Email
Phone
Is your district planning to do an adoption? If yes, when?
Are you interested in a pilot? If yes, what grade(s)?
Does your school/district use Everyday Math?
An inquiry science program? If so, what do you use?

We’ll do a drawing next week and announce our winner then.