Category Archives: science education

Final hours to win “Written in Stone” by giving to our DonorsChoose challenge

The challenge ends on Tuesday.
You can win a copy of Written in Stone before it hits bookstore shelves.
HP doubles all of your donations and lets you choose which projects to fund.
New donors get me to give $10 each.
Lots of great kids are still waiting for our help.
Let’s get to work. Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, science education

Using rock cubes to learn about hydrogeology

Dunking rocks in water – and doing some measurements and calculations – helps my students get a hands-on understanding of porosity. Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, rocks & minerals, science education

From Weather Detectives to Water Warriors

Earlier this week, I was incredibly humbled by the outpouring of geoblogospheric support for a DonorsChoose project to help South Carolina elementary school students become weather detectives. With only minutes to spare before the project lost its chance, with help … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, science education

Blog Action Day: Water! (And floods! energy! education!)

Sneaking in another Friday Floods post, this time perfectly coinciding with Earth Science Week and Blog Action Day‘s focus on Water. My offering for this day is actually a guest post at AGU’s Geospace blog, where I had the privilege … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, science education

Teaming up with DonorsChoose to bring Earth Science to schools

Last year we raised $10,000 for earth science education. This year we’re going to do even more to bring needed supplies, books, and field experiences to science classrooms around the US. Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, science education