When failure leads to success
‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again’ goes beyond experimentation in Kentucky schools.
Full STEAM ahead
STEAM students are on the fast track to college- and career-readiness.
Combustion science-based grant available
The Central States Section of the Combustion Institute (CSS / CI) has issued a grant opportunity (up to $5000 award) to high school teachers for developing and introducing a combustion science-based (i.e., applied chemistry) learning module into their course curriculum. Combustion science deals with fast exothermic oxidizing reactions that occur in the majority of energy, industrial, transportation, and fire suppression-based applications. Combustion [...]
Campus program helps blind/visually impaired students prepare for their futures
INSIGHT program lets students experience everything from navigating a college campus and taking a college course to preparing for a job interview.
Science blog focuses on exceptions to the rules
An online science resource developed to increase learner engagement and educator content knowledge is free for teachers. “As Many Exceptions As Rules” tells the stories of organisms that break biological rules or norms in order to survive and thrive. Through these stories, the core concepts of the science are reinforced. The resource can be accessed at http://biologicalexceptions.blogspot.com/. Posted weekly, each [...]
Free training for science teachers
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is offering free training for up to 500 high school science teachers in July 2013. The training will be conducted fully online over the first three weeks of July. Teacher may work at their own time and pace, supplemented by optional live events to earn a NOAA teacher badge. When finished, teachers then can [...]
State board supports science standards, raising dropout age to 18
New science and social studies standards; encouraging districts to raise the dropout age; and exposing more students to Advanced Placement classes were part of the Kentucky Board of Education meeting.
On the flip side
More teachers are sending lessons home first before introducing them in the classroom.
For Rosa Parks Elementary, it’s easy being green
The Fayette County school is one of three Kentucky public schools to earn Blue Ribbon honor.
McCracken students get hands-on in real world
Heath Middle School (McCracken County) students Conner Kelly, Hayden Faughn, Garrett Childress and Katelyn Woodard make biosoap at the Emerging Technology Center at West Kentucky Community & Technical College.Photo by U.S. Department of Energy By Matthew Tungate matthew.tungate@education.ky.gov When an official with the U.S. Department of Energy offered 6th-grade science teacher Brandy Roberts a chance to take her [...]
