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U.S.Coast Guard AVDET 157 welcomes the opportunity during deployment to the South Pole to communicate with classrooms across the United States. Throughout the voyage, aviation personnel will correspond with schools that are interested in Operation Deep Freeze...
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Teachers.Net Teams with U.S. Coast Guard Operation Deep Freeze
Classes can sign up for e-mails from South Pole
When U.S. Coast Guard Operation Deep Freeze goes to the South Pole to re-supply and support scientific research stations on the frozen continent, Teachers.Net readers will be part of the action...
Harry & Rosemary Wong:
Dispensing Materials in Fifteen Seconds
We all know the value of engaging students in hands-on, minds-open activities, but the dispensing and collecting of materials for an activity can be a horrendous procedure...
Etta Kralovec & John Buell:
Homework as an Issue in American Politics
For the first time in a generation, homework---both its amount and type---had become a subject for national debate...
The hierarchy used in the Raise Responsibility System (teachers.net/gazette/ APR02/marshall.html) not only engenders a desire to behave at the highest level, it also is significant because of what else it does...
National Center For Children Exposed To Violence:
The Anniversary of September 11th:
Teachers' Guide for Talking to Your Students
Barbara Gruber & Sue Gruber:
10 Tips for A+ Parent Communication
Doesn't it seem like teaching children is just one aspect of our jobs as teachers?...Here are some tips to make another important aspect of your job---keeping parents informed---a snap!...
Compiled by Jerry Taylor:
Veteran Educators Share Tips for New Teachers
A while ago, I posted a message on several listservs asking this question: "If you could give just ONE tip to new teachers, what would it be?"
JoAnn Deak:
Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters
"It's pretty hard being a girl nowadays. You can't be too smart, too dumb, too pretty, too ugly, too friendly, too coy, too aggressive, too defenseless, too individual, or too programmed...
Leslie Bowman & George Conway:
I've designed the questions - Now what?
Instructors must also model good discussion techniques for learners. This means becoming part of the discussion without being overbearing or taking over...
Kathleen Carpenter, Editor:
Harry & Rosemary Wong:
Etta Kralovec & John Buell:
Dr. Marvin Marshall:
National Center For Children Exposed To Violence:
Barbara Gruber & Sue Gruber:
JoAnn Deak:
Leslie Bowman &