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Thursday, March 24th, 2011Indiana Caravan 2011: Science Notebook Teaching Tip
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Using Student Science Notebooks
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One of the great tools in Science Companion are the Student Science Notebooks. They are a place for kids to think, write, draw, problem-solve, and bring their learning to life for themselves.
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Click here for an article about how you can use Student Science Notebooks in your classrooms!
Indiana Caravan 2011: How is Inquiry Science Like Baking Cookies?
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Have you ever made cookies with kids?
Heard the delighted, ‘oh gross’ when they crack the eggs?
Seen the compulsion they all have to touch the flour?
Noticed way they repeat “are they done yet? are they done yet” after the cookies are popped into the oven?
That process – the mixing, measuring and sweat equity – is inquiry science – that hands dirty, sleeves rolled up, complete involvement IS inquiry science.
And we are the best inquiry science program available in Indiana.
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Email your Sale Rep , Tom Pence at tom@sciencecompanion.com to order a copy of our Indiana Samplers today!
Indiana Caravan 2011: A Recipe from Belinda…
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Belinda Basca, Director of Customer Curriculum Support
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Along with being a science educator, our Director of Curriculum Customer Support, Belinda Basca is a serious baker. Good enough, actually, that she considered opening her own bakery. We grabbed before she could, but she agreed to share some recipes with you this week…
Lemon Bars
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Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
Mix above and press into and up the sides of a 13 x 9 in pan. Bake 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
Icing Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- ~10-12 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (this is the doubled amount I recommend)
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
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Mix above and pour over the baked crust. Bake 20-25 minutes or until just golden on top.
Once cooled, sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar.
Indiana Caravan 2011: Your Recipe for Success
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Take one class of curious students
Fold in a hands-on, inquiry-based science lesson
Stir in a dash of discovery
And a pinch of observation
Combine all ingredients
The results – we promise – are delightful
(And very low in calories)
Makes a first-rate learning experience
Also excellent when served with
Language arts, math and more!
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Share Your Recipe to Win a Chance at an Apron:
Indiana Caravan 2011: Smells Like Cookies!
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011We’ve not figured out the scratch-n-sniff technology to get your computer to smell like cookies, but our Science Cook and Trainer Kate is baking up batches this morning in West Lafayette!
Join us at the Caravan!
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011___
Find out what’s cooking at Science Companion!
Coming to the Caravan?
We’re looking forward to meeting you!
Stop by our booth and try your hand at inquiry science, take away a sampler to share Science Companion with your colleagues, and check out our presentation to find out how you can get your classrooms cooking with Science Companion.
(And ask us how you can win a chance at your own Let’s Get Cooking! apron…)
Can’t make it live? Join us for a Virtual Caravan!
For those of you who are unable to join us OR for those who just can’t get enough Caravan, come one by to find photos, presentations, science teaching tips, Virtual Field trips, recipes from friends and colleagues, and chances for an apron as well, all right here on our website. We’ll be updating it daily, so stop by to see what’s cooking!
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Let’s get started! Want a chance at your very own, 100% Cotton Canvas Science Companion apron?
Share a favorite recipe with us, find a modicum of fame and a chance at a cool apron. We’ll have our first drawing on Friday of this week!
