Since 1987, the Museum’s Educator of Excellence Institutes have provided exceptional educators with staff development opportunities that transform the way they view and teach natural sciences. Educators from across North Carolina have been inspired by their experiences in outstanding natural areas such as Belize, Ecuador, and Yellowstone National Park. These workshops are partially subsidized by the Educators of Excellence [...]
The NCDPI in collaboration with NC STEM will host a STEM Webinar on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 10-11 a.m. The webinar will focus on a new service for North Carolina schools called the NC STEM Learning Network. This webinar is designed to elaborate on STEM tools, resources and professional development programs for schools, school systems [...]
What a neat way to use online books and also help others in need. This would be very cool with an interactive whiteboard and the annotation tools that you can use to make the experience even better! Read the quote from their site: “We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access [...]
NCTIES 2012 Awards, Scholarships, and Grants! Each year NCTIES recognizes outstanding individuals who have shown outstanding achievement and leadership in implementing technology to improve education. NCTIES has three AwardCategories: Media Specialist Technology Innovation Award Outstanding Teacher Award Outstanding Leader Award Each year NCTIES offers three (3) $3000.00 Grants that will be awarded for innovative, student-involved [...]
NC DEN is presenting an in-person Sci Con event. Don’t miss out. Sign up today! Dr. James Z. Zhang, Interim Dean of the The Kimmel School at Western Carolina University, and Dr. Chip Ferguson, Interim Department Head for the Engineering and Technology Department welcome Discovery Educators to their campus to hold this years [...]
The Duke Center for Science Education is accepting applications for current 7th & 8th graders. Summer Science Sleuths at Duke is a 2-week, recreational, residential summer camp on the campus of Duke University in Durham, NC. Campers who are selected through our application process will receive a full camp scholarship and a travel scholarship to [...]
Join the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and NASA instructors for educator treks in February and March. The workshops are FREE and include take-home materials and lunch. For more information, contact Melissa Dowland (melissa.dowland@ncdenr.gov or 919-733-7450 x 613). To register, please print and mail the registration form along with a $25 deposit (will be returned [...]
EE and science-related Contests, Awards, Scholarships & Fellowships for adults and students of all ages! We’ve just updated the EE Contests page. Don’t let this resource pass you by! Opportunities include: fellowships for adults in several environment and science-related fields; scholarships to high school, college and graduate students in environment and science-related [...]
Dr. James Z. Zhang, Interim Dean of the The Kimmel School at Western Carolina University, and Dr. Chip Ferguson, Interim Department Head for the Engineering and Technology Department welcome Discovery Educators to their campus to hold this years SciCon Event. They will also provide a tour of their Engineering and Technology facility. Don’t miss [...]
If you are a teacher in grades 4-8 and you teach about the American Revolution, you should be using Liberty’s Kids, an excellent television series from PBS. This 40-episode series tracks the events leading up to the Revolution, documents the causes, provides cultural context, introduces important historical figures, and extends through the Second Continental Congress. Each [...]
Have a wonderful break and don’t forget to “DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING!!” Relax and enjoy the season with your family and friends. ~The NC LC Team
Break is coming fast and the holidays are upon us. We currently finish the semester next week. Of course its been an up and down quarter. One of the “up” in the quarter was the Physics project we did. It was the Lead Physics (Angie Mechler) teacher’s idea. Using the Photo Contest rules from American [...]
Boy that was EASY! Check out how to make a Flipping Book with your pdf file using http://www.flipsnack.com/
Check out this new *free* educational resource about energy from Progress Energy! There are great resources on electrical safety, energy conservation and renewable energy for parents, students and teachers. The section for teachers even has some simple hands-on activities to do with your kids!
Two “in person” events for the 2011 DEN Tech or Treat have been announced. Join us for one of these fun events geared toward learning and sharing with fellow educators! Chocowinity, NC (near Greenville) – REGISTER HERE Madison, NC (Rockingham County) – REGISTER HERE
Do you have a great lesson to share? Do you want to contribute to your professional organization? Do you need more documentation under Teachers Demonstrate Leadership for your evaluation or want a positive letter for your employer? If so, then consider participating in the North Carolina Science Teachers Association (NCSTA) Share-a-thon. Who: Teachers or [...]
Science Saturdays are a series of lectures and demonstrations that are held on the first Saturday of each month in the NC Museum of Natural Sciences’ Windows on the World theater at 11:00 am. Science Saturdays mainly target middle- and high-school students to show them the vast world of scientific research and allow them to [...]
Thanks to Dianne Ripollone for sharing about her DOD experience! The day started with Kyle Schutt welcoming attendees to a day of learning and “discovery”. Pumping the crowd up Kyle introduced Brad Fountain. Brad Fountain introduced the new Techbook for North Carolina, an online textbook. After Brad, Matt Monjan introduced the 9-11 website with a [...]
Do you need to have a conference call but aren’t sure of a good route to take? Do your colleagues and friends have a hard time making it onto a web-based conference call, like Skype? Do you struggle with reliable internet, right at the time when you were scheduled for an online meet-up? Check [...]
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2011 FREE ADMISSION FOR TEACHERS and one guest! The North Carolina Museum of Life and Sciences in Durham is hosting Teacher Appreciation Day on Saturday, August 27. We will be offering free admission for public and private K-12 teachers (with school ID) and one guest. Come see the Museum through the eyes [...]
Are you a fan of Peter H. Reynolds? If you aren’t sure who he is or about the great things that he and FableVision do for kids and learning, stop reading this right now and go visit his webpage. Seriously. Go! If you are back, or just still here, then you know that Peter H. [...]
It won’t be long before the schools in North Carolina are back to work, and what better way is there to kick off a new school year than with a Day of Discovery? Mark your calendars now because DEN will be hosting a special event for NC educators at the Biltmore House on Saturday, September 10. [...]
During Teacher Appreciation Week, we gave all STARs access to the DE Science Techbook and announced an amazing opportunity for STARs who want to show us how they would use the DE Science Techbook in their classroom. We asked teachers to create a video of them and their students using the DE Science Techbook. We [...]
Join the NC DEN Team on Saturday, June 11 from 9-12 AM at Cherokee Elementary School in Cherokee, NC for a unique teaching and learning opportunity. Come learn about the Discovery Educator Network, being a DEN Star and DE Media Share, while practicing your geocaching skills. Oh yeah, and don’t forget that you will get [...]
It’s the last week of school for me at my school in the mountains of North Carolina. We are wrapping up testing, hosting awards programs, and have miscellaneous school wide events scattered throughout the week. So, what can I do in between? Believe it or not, the students don’t actually want to watch movies and [...]
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