Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, January 18th at 1PM ET for another edition of the popular Seasonal Science Stream series. This month’s topic is Winter Wonderland: A Lesson on Precipitation and the Water Cycle. During this broadcast students will learn all about the water cycle and learn amazing experiments to help your students better understand how
Exciting News for Those Wanting to Use Discovery Education Science Techbook on their iPad
Whether you are a subscriber to Discovery Education Science Techbook or streaming you can now access all of the flash based resources from your iPad. iSwifter, an iPad app that allows developers to stream flash games to the tablet device, is debuting Rover, an iPad browser that gives educators and students access to Flash-based educational
Kepler-22b Confirmed to Have “Habitable Zone”
Kepler-22b is the first confirmed planet in the “habitable zone,” the area around a star where a planet could exist with liquid water on its surface, that has been discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission. The planet’s radius is about 2.4 times that of the Earth. It is located about 600 light years away. Its orbital
November Seasonal Science Stream: Holiday Lights Spectacular
Join us Wednesday, November, 30th at 1PM ET for the November Seasonal Science Stream. The topic for November is electricity and we will be demonstrating some amazing hands-on activities that you can perform with your class. We look forward to seeing you there!!
Dolphin Tale, Science and Discovery Education
With the upcoming release of Dolphin Tale I expect many students will gain an increased curiosity around these amazing mammals. This is a great time to explore amazing content from Discovery Education’s Science Techbook. You can use the Rollin’ Down the River reading passage to have students learn about the differences between freshwater and saltwater
Seasonal Science Streams
Discovery Education is excited to announce the launch of our Seasonal Science Streams. The Seasonal Science Stream is a monthly live broadcast series integrating engaging hands-on science with digital media from Discovery Education’s Science Techbook. The September Seasonal Science Stream will take place on Wednesday, September 21st at 1pm ET and will focus on chemical
Collier County Schools Start the Year with Discovery Education’s Science Techbook
More than 42,000 students returned to Collier County public school classrooms Monday in a district with a new superintendent, 14 new principals, a new science program, new grading system and new college prep courses. One of the biggest additions is the Discovery science program. “We’re the first in the nation to adopt it across this
Curiosity in the Classroom
Discovery Education is excited to announce the launch of Curiosity in the Classroom , a joint initiative from Discovery Education and Intel designed to satisfy students’ curiosity and extend learning concepts found in Discovery Channel’s groundbreaking television series, Curiosity . In support of this initiative, DE and Intel have teamed up to launch CuriosityintheClassroom.com .
Brad Fountain
Hello all!! My name is Brad Fountain and I am extremely excited to be a part of the Science team that will contributing to this blog. I currently serve as the Director of Instructional Implementation for the Discovery Education Science Techbook. Prior to this current role I served as the Science Specialist for Discovery Education
Instructional Implementation Team Introductions
Welcome to the Discovery Education Science Blog. We have a new team that will posting updates to this blog site and we will begin this week by introducing ourselves to the community. Be sure to check for updates this week to learn more about the team and in future weeks to learn more about how