Dr. Jackie Speake the Science Geek's Blog

Learning Sciences International posted this blog on 08/27/2018:  Modeling With Mathematics: What it Is and How it Aligns With the Standards-Driven Classroom http://blog.learningsciences.com/2018/08/27/modeling-with-mathematics-what-is-it/  Modeling with Mathematics - what is it? I recently facilitated a teacher training on the College and Career Ready (CCR) Standards for Mathematics, and we discussed the eight standards for mathematical practice. For more information on all eight practices you can check out the following website: www.corestandards.org/Math/Practice . Unlike the Next Generation Science Standards ( www.nextgenscience.org ), the mathematics practices are not embedded in the content standards and are listed separately within the CCR documents. However, the mathematical practices are designed to be integrated into the mathematics lessons as student behaviors to promote critical thinking and reasoning. Needless to say, the importance of ensuring these practices a

You can't fight physics! So my husband's parents were in town this past weekend and we decided to go to the Museum of Natural History. My husband's mother is a polio survivor so she uses crutches to get around...everywhere. Needless to say, we requested a wheel chair from the Museum so we could "easily" move through the exhibits. We will get back to this word - easily - in a bit. So the tour started off in the Rocks, Mineral, and Gens exhibit. This took about one hour so I knew we needed to make some choices on which exhibits were the priority to visit or else we were going to be at the museum until midnight. Thank fully, the dinosaurs are right after the rocks and minerals exhibit so I knew I was going to see my favorite exhibit, and I always linger at  Archaeopteryx   because it's just really cool! Here is a link for anyone not obsessed with the common ancestors and the missing link: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/birds/archaeopteryx.html.