PD activity for Stripling's Inquiry Method

Lead educators through this inquiry activity. Can substitute women's voting / suffragette topic if needed. 

http://condor.depaul.edu/tps/resources/PhasesStriplingModel.pdf

PD activity for Stripling's Inquiry Method

Lead educators through this inquiry activity. Can substitute women's voting / suffragette topic if needed. 

http://condor.depaul.edu/tps/resources/PhasesStriplingModel.pdf

Organics and Politics

Compare a variety of texts looking at this question? 

What's behind my burger?

Cuba's organic revolution

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/apr/04/organics.food

Video: Food Inc. (available on NetFlix)

 Shin, Annys.   "Engineering a Safer Burger.  The Washington Post.   12 June 2008.

Read more at http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/msm.asp#grg2YMzbyxQXX2mv.99

Claim: "every person on the planet can feed himself on 100sq. feet."http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/can-we-feed-our-world-without-monsanto

Monsanto's Discover Monsanto Webpage http://discover.monsanto.com/?gclid=CO-eyMCurMACFUiGfgod8i8Aug

Investment and Returns with Agricultural Research: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eb-economic-brief/eb10.aspx#.U_oY7Nm9Kc0

Librarian K.C. Boyd Serves the Good Stuff

Read about Boyd and her commitment to knowing and serving not only her students, but also her families. If only every school could afford such an important position: I'm not sure how we can afford not to. 

http://www.slj.com/2014/08/librarians/chicago-public-school-librarian-k-c-boyd-the-heartbeat-of-her-school/

Math, Health and Epidemics

Check out the science and math in using epidemics in the classroom. A friend of mine explained that when she taught in Australia, she never taught mathematics as a separate class. Instead, it was always taught through other displines. She was surprised when she began teaching math in the U.S. because students struggled to apply their learning in real-life scenarios. I was fascinated by her teacher training that was 100% constructivist. Many schools talk the talk here but she says that we struggle to understand and apply true constructivist learning strategies. 

Check out these resources...

http://www.learn4good.com/games/high-school-students-games/science-health.htm

https://www.sdnhm.org/archive/exhibits/epidemic/resources.html

http://time.com/3086550/ebola-outbreak-africa-world-health-organization/?xid=newsletter-brief

http://globalengage.ibo.org/files/Global_Lesson_Math_Simulation_-_Latest.pdf

App Ideas

Librarian reviews apps for educators http://sbne.ws/r/q1nI

OFG Clean Water Strategies

Can also compare the videos these texts...

Farming practices & climate change at root of Toledo water pollution http://gu.com/p/4vegh/tw...check out OFG solutions http://www.surfrider.org/programs/entry/ocean-friendly-gardens