RESET Volunteer Meghan O’Donoghue provides  descriptions of the goo curriculum below. SCIENCE Spring 2013 — At E.L. Hayes RESET Volunteers What Is a Polymer? A polymer is a substance formed from long chains of repeating units. The chains can be linked to each other. Polymers can be flexible, strong, and stretchy. How to Make Ooblek You will…

Hi, just returned from down under (Australia and NZ) and now preparing to do some science with you and your junior scientists. I plan to focus on earth patterns, cycles and change (SOL 3,8a) for the remainder of this semester as we discussed.   – Day prior to each class- please have each student write…

Announcement of new toys for Girls Rebel Toy Company Launches New Quest to Turn Princesses Into Engineers (Wired) When GoldieBlox tried to launch its line of engineering and building toys for girls, Lindsey Shepard says she heard one thing over and over from the rest of the toy industry: “Girls don’t want them.” It seems that…

Mike Fritz, who helped me in the classroom this term, shared his experience with his co-workers at the US Environmental Protection Agency: As I strode to the front of Ms. Molly Moran’s second grade class at Annapolis Elementary School one June morning in downtown Annapolis, I was confident in my lesson plan, so elegantly simple…

RESET volunteers like to learn what other volunteers are doing in their classrooms.  Below is a report from Sandra Hernandez-Hangarter on her program with first graders at Stratford Landing Elementary in Alexandria, VA.  Please send me descriptions of your RESET classroom sessions to post so we can all benefit from your experiences and get new…