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Awakening Your Inner Einstein: Science For the Non-Science Teacher Young children enthusiastically embrace learning about the world they live in with fearless abandon. Their innate sense of curiosity leads them to try to understand how the natural world is put together and what makes it tick. So why, many years later, do so many adults—including teachers—often consider themselves a “nonscience” person? Somehow many of us have misplaced our instinctive desire to understand the world around us and have walled ourselves off from much of the joy and magic the universe has to offer. What is it that holds atoms together? How does DNA provide a blueprint for all living things? Will the universe continue to ... Read More From Harlem to Hip Hop 12095 • From Harlem to Hip Hop Hip-hop can be a powerful educational tool for teaching across the curriculum, from English to algebra to the periodic table. This musical genre, co-opted by mainstream culture, transformed from a rebellious, largely positive form of youth expression in the late 1970s, to the commercialized, multibillion-dollar juggernaut that it is today. Teachers forced to compete with media bombardment for students’ attention can use the technology and music of hip-hop to engage students in learning. Discover how creating new lyrics to the rhythm of hiphop enhances critical thinking skills for all students, i ... Read More Legends of North Carolina Was Blackbeard really so bad? What became of Virginia Dare? Explore the fascinating history of these and fourteen other North Carolina legends and learn how and why their stories have changed over time. Log on to the Internet for this distance-learning program geared just for educators and earn continuing education credits (up to forty contact hours), including reading and technology CEUs. Access the workshop anytime during the program dates. You must have access to a computer with an Internet connection to participate in this course. The cost per workshop is $40, $35 for Museum of History Associates members. Dates: Nove ... Read More |
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