Wanted to share this PDF with you!  It contains 58 different ways to use document cameras in your classroom.

http://www.luidia.com/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/58_Ways_Teachers_Doc_Cam.pdf

How do YOU use document cameras in your classroom?

If you have a new teacher at your school that would like to be a part of our Science Community here at ESU 10, have them log into this community (http://science.esu10.org) with their ODIE account!  That is IT! 

If they don't have an ODIE account, have them go to https://odie.esu10.org/accounts/NewAccountRequest.aspx.  There they can fill out the form requesting the account! 

Happy 2010-2011 School Year!

I found this web site that I thought many of you would get some good out of.  http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html

Also, looking ahead to fall, I would like to continue our Science Teachers Meetings (Science 2.0).  I would like some suggestions or discussions about what we can share at that meeting.  If you would like to plan or be a part of the planning, please email me.  Let's use this community to discuss some of your ideas for this workshop!  Do you know someone that you would like to invite to present?  Do you have something to share with the group? Let us know!  We would love to hear more about it!

Nothing is better than the real thing but here are some simulations from University of Colorado that you might like.  Even if you have seen this before, they are too  great to keep off your list of sites for students!

http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/index.php?cat=Featured_Sims

Here is a great list of science web sites!  Check it out this summer and then pass it on to a new teacher in August!
http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/professional_development/web_2_0_science_tools

For anyone interested in becoming a Discovery Guide for educational programs, I am offering a training Tuesday, June 1 at 6:00 p.m.  Topics to be covered will include the objectives of the program, the elements of Rowe’s educational programs, inquiry-based flow learning model, an overview of inquiry learning, and a walk through of several activities we often use.  

Bring a sack lunch if you like, wear clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty and be ready to have fun learning how to discover!  (Also bring your calendar.  We already have a list of programs through September that we need help with!)

It is important to RSVP by FRIDAY, May 28 so I can have materials ready.  

Hope to see you all here!

Keanna Leonard
Education Director
Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary
44450 Elm Island Rd
Gibbon, NE  68840
308-468-5282

Now accepting applications:

Sky Rangers Outdoor Astronomy Interpretation Workshop
Yosemite National Park
October 7 - 11, 2010

This four-day workshop in beautiful Yosemite National Park will cover hands-on astronomy activities for outdoor settings, sky navigation, and telescope operation. Participants will receive ten hours of hands-on telescope experience (weather permitting), learn about the science behind the various astronomical objects viewed through the telescopes, hear from experienced rangers on how to organize astronomy events and interpret the sky for park visitors, and develop their own observing lists and constellation tours.

The workshop is intended for beginners in astronomy, but will also appeal to those with more experience. Participants will receive a free toolkit of materials for outdoor astronomy activities, participate in short online follow-up sessions that cover seasonal skies, and become members of the Astronomy from the Ground Up online community of over 600 informal astronomy educators and interpreters around the U.S.

There is no workshop or materials fee and lodging  and some meals will be provided. Participants are responsible for transportation to the workshop site.

Applications are due by June 30 and can be submitted online:

 http://www.afguonline.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=1857

Sky Rangers workshops and materials are developed and delivered by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS), the National Association for Interpretation (NAI), and the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). This material is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant/Contract/Agreement No. NNX09AD48G issued through the Science Mission Directorate.

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Anna Hurst
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
390 Ashton Ave, SF, CA 94112
415-337-1100 ext. 108
ahurst@astrosociety.org

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Now you can "talk" chemistry in your Word Documents!  (Windows only for now).

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/chem4word/

Looking for some quality learning games for your science classroom?  Check out this list!

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/04/10-sources-of-educational-science-games.html

If you are looking to get into some interactive whiteboards, this promotion might work well for you and your school. Please share this with your administrators.

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Promethean is offering a promotion for schools new to Promethean. It is called the Try before you Buy promotion. A school would be eligible to try out the ab+2 unit (like the one you have at the esu) and expressions for 60 days. If they like the equipment, the school can purchase for 1/2 price. If the equipment is not exactly what the school wanted, they can return the equipment at no cost to them.

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If you are interested, contact the Promethean salesman:

Dan Reid
Education Consultant - Nebraska
Haddock Educational Technologies
Cell: 402.547.6979
Fax: 316.425.6347
dan@gohaddock.com