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Sale! Kindergarten Teacher Print Packages

Monday, February 8th, 2010

A President’s Day Sale! Kindergarten TAM

We are offering 30 Kindergarten Teacher Print Packages on sale for only $78 this month.

The Teacher Print Package includes:

  • Kindergarten Teacher Activity Manual
  • Kindergarten Visual Pack
  • Building a House [trade book]
  • Me and My Amazing Body [trade book]
  • “I Wonder Circle”® Poster
  • What is a Scientist? [trade book]

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If you already are using our Kindergarten module, this is a great opportunity to get fresh teacher materials.

If you’re new to our Kindergarten materials, it’s a big savings on the cost of the full module. (You’ll still need to purchase our Exploragear® Kit at the regular price.)

Learn more about Kindergarten from Science Companion…

And remember, quantities are extremely limited! We only have 30 that we can offer at this price.

Click here to find your rep or just email us at orders@sciencecompanion.com.

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Ohio! SECO 2010 Session Proposals

Monday, July 13th, 2009

 

Thinking of Proposing a Concurrent Sessions Workshop for SECO this winter?

  

We want to support you!

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Contact us if you’d like to use Science Companion materials in your workshop — we’ll be happy to get you everything you need. Email us at info@sciencecompanion.com or call us at (888) 352-0660.

 

2010 Science Education Council of Ohio Conference
The Greater Columbus Convention Center
February 25 – 27, 2010

   

And in the meantime, here are some hints and tips:


1.  Proposals are due September 1. (Coming soon…can you believe it’s mid July?)

  

2.  Conference Strands

• Nature of Science: A Way of Thinking

• Instructional Technology in Science Classrooms

• Teaching for Assessment versus Enduring Understanding

• Science Teaching in Elementary Classrooms

• S.T.E.M.

 

 3.  Concurrent Sessions are 60 minute presentations, focusing on a single topic and can be: 

• Hands-on: A session that provides each participant experiences with materials or activities and discussion. (Not Lecture)
• Panel-Discussion: A session led by two or more speakers on a topic of general or specific interest, including a question and answer period.
• Demonstration: A demonstration of apparatus, a series of experiments, or scientific phenomenon, allowing for limited participation by the audience.
• Contributed Paper: A 30 minute opportunity to present the results of any research or share an innovative teaching idea.

 

4. Click here for submission instructions from SECO.

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Anything we can do to help you prepare for a workshop at NSTA, just let us know!

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Updates to Our Solar System Module

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

 

Science is Alive and Changing

    

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One of the beautiful things about science is that its concepts and theories change as new discoveries are made. This can, however, pose a challenge for keeping paper textbooks current.

 

If you currently use the Our Solar System module, please follow the link below to find notes about changes in the prevailing definition of a planet and how these affect the book in your classroom.

 

Click here to find out what’s new in our solar system!

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