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Animoto Videos of the Fellows.
Animoto Video

We need to inspire our students and give them confidence with empowerment!
Location: Ellsworth Street, Silver Springs, MD Time: 23:10 hours Parties: Sad math student and happy math teacher (& 2011 Siemens STEM Institute fellow) Setting ~ Outside restaurant along street; inspired math teacher notices sad message on sad math student's shirt Dialog: Teacher ~ OH NO! (teacher aghast) Look at that boy's shirt slogan, It says "I suck at math! (teacher genuinely pouts and feels sadness for this student & runs over to console him.) Teacher ~ (looking into students' sad eyes) You can't wear that shirt! Student ~ It's America! I can wear anything I want to. Teacher~ Well why do you think you "suck at math"? Student ~ Because I do and I don't want to fit the stereotype. Teacher~ You can't wear that shirt! Math is fabulous! I must get my picture with you. Student ~ Why? Teacher ~ Because I'm a math teacher. Student ~ In that case, ok! (Student & teacher pose for picture with big smiles) Moral of story (according to this author, Me lanie) ~ Student is now happy and believes that there is fun and success in his future encounters with numbers! Moral of story (according to pictured teacher) ~ "Whoooaaa, Math Encounter!!!!"


 * Microscope Hall Davidson** mentioned on Amazon.com


 * IPEVO document camera** mentioned by Michael Gorman on Amazon.com

Best Fake Blood Recipe (tried and true!)

Here is the link to the Scijourner news paper written by high school students. its all about science topics and a great classroom resource. You can use it to find reliable information with credible sources and for read-alouds with your kids. [|Scijourner newspaper]

[|Hot Air Balloon Lab Activity]

Our Twitter Backchannel - for dialog and pictures
#SiemensSTEM11

=Our Flickr Photos= [|Link to Flickr Photos] Here is another set of Flickr Photos Click THIS for Donna Falk's pics of STEM 2011 [] New pics from KBF

[|Balloon Launches]
 * Videos from STEM 2011**

[|The ABC (Australia)] From Australia, check out the Tricks page for great demo ideas. This site rocks! [|Bridge to Science] From the journal Nature. It's their STEM blog be sure to check their news site, too
 * Great International Sites with Ideas; News; and a different perspective**

[|Lodge's STEM FIZZ Materials]

=**STEM Camp Video**= http://bit.ly/q5wddJ - Video of Preston STEM Institute held in Fort Collins, Colorado **Great teacher wikis**

Melanie Wiscount's Educational Technology Wiki - from my ISTE 2011 presentation, Teaching a High School Emerging Technologies Course Melanie Wiscount's Technology in the Math Classroom Wiki page - My main educational technology wiki Grand Canyon Journals Betsy Wilkening's class Environmental PSA and Projects Wilson K-8 School Tucson, AZ TeacherVid Resources - videos in different formats of favorite educational technology tools! Myfakewall.com - allows you to create fake, facebook-like walls.

Videos of Professionals Talking about their Careers
Roadtrip Nation

=**Great General STEM Sites**= PBSKids Design Squad (has many great STEM activities, teacher guides, career video links, animations!) Look at "resources on left of page for different subject areas" [] great short videos that show emerging technologies and explain other technologies

=Project Ideas= [|High Tech High] - a shameless plug for my school, but a great starting point for projects [|Unboxed] - my organization's publication about projects and project-based learning - great reading if you have time! [|Mixbook]- I know, I know...it seems like "just" a scrapbooking site, BUT it's collaborative. I used it to have my high school students collaborate to write chidrens' books about an environmental issue and/or solution. Then they read them to a kindergarten class at a nearby school. My Emerging Technologies Course Moodle - Log on as Guest. Click on Palmyra Area High School > Business Education > Wiscount Emerging Technologies iGEM -- The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition. Small high school presence, but the South Bend, IN area schools teamed with Ivy Tech Community College. Great applications in contemporary biotechnology.

Biology Videos
Susan Basler on Bacteria Talking

Sustainability and Conservation
[|National Geographic's newly launched Curriculum for Marine Ecology and Conservation]-Especially created for high school biology...can teach the entire curriculum or pick and choose lessons to integrate into what you already do. It includes a virtual dissection of an Albatross bolus in which kids can see the impact of all of our plastic debris.

Web 2.0 Tools and Application Resources
Diigo Bookmarks for tools and apps STEM: Technology and Engineering Diigo Bookmarks []/ This is a great blog that introduces free Technology for Teachers. Something for everyone.

=Science Websites and Resources= Diigo Bookmarks and great science websites and resources

=Math Websites and Resources= Diigo Bookmarks: Great math websites and resources

Closing the STE...M Gap =**Society of Women Engineers**= []

Media for Student Projects
Mrs. Wiscount's Media for Student Projects & Teaching Media Literacy - Over **400 sites** listed for students to find public domain or Creative Commons-licensed media. There are also links for various media (still pictures, moving pictures, music, sound) or tools for students to create/remix their own media.

=Polar Science = PolarTREC PolarTREC is a program that pairs teachers and researchers to do field science in the Arctic or Antarctic. Your students can follow expeditions, ask questions to teachers and scientists, and you can use lessons created by teachers that are on the site. You can participate or download live events from the field. You can also apply to become a PolarTREC teacher. Applications are due in October.

=Citizen Science= GO3 This is Global Ozone Project. Check it out. Students can monitor and upload data. Large social networking site also.

=More Wikis= Cyber Safety K-12 Curriculum Wiki Tech Training Educational Technology Wiki

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