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Book Review – All in a Day’s Work: Careers Using Science, Second Edition.

All in a Day’s Work, $15.95, is a short book that profiles 49 different careers in science. The book is divided into areas of interest such as The Adventurous life, Animal Kingdom, and Artistic Endeavors and the jobs profiled in each section will appeal to a wide number of students in class. Some of the profiles are what you’d expect: science teacher, oceanographer, and physician. Other profiles include deep-cave explorer, shark advocate, and roller coaster designer. Continue reading

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Science Teaching Resources: Hadron Particle Accelerator

The Big Picture site from The Boston Globe is a collection of photos that you wouldn’t see in a newspaper or magazine, but they’re fascinating and useful for teachers. One of those photo essays is about Europe’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Continue reading

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