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Science Media for Enhancing Science Literacy

Two of the things I think are important about teaching science is helping students retain their curiosity about the world, and how to find accurate answers to difficult questions. Good science media helps do both! I wish I could answer all of my students' questions .. but maybe it's good that I can't. I hope when I can't answer a questions, I'll be able to give them a few places to look for the answer, and we can have a bulletin board of interesting questions and answers. In addition to finding materials related to the curriculum, I think interesting science videos would also be fun for a day when they have a substitute teacher, or when the class is cut short because of an assembly or fire drill.

Science Friday (Making Science User Friendly) has a huge variety of interesting science-related stories and videos. As I write, the front page includes an update on breast cancer research, a speculation that some science projects are beyond our ability (stopping the oil well in the Gulf of Mexico), a summer reading book blog, and a crazy-amazing video about red-eyed tree frog.

It also has a spanish page! Sciencia Cierta !

BBC can also be depended on to tell stories clearly and thoroughly; no difference for science and nature.

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