From: John or Jan Lahr (JohnJan@lahr.org)
Date: Tue Jun 07 2005 - 08:38:58 PDT
Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.2.20050607092435.027c9a30@mail.comcast.net> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:38:58 -0600 From: John or Jan Lahr <JohnJan@lahr.org> Subject: Mini experiments
CIENTEC, a non-profit foundation in Costa Rica to promote science and math, has
developed a great way to enhance science education. With funding from a
breakfast
cereal company (Jack's) they have developed a large number of cards that
are inserted
into the cereal boxes. Each card has a fun and informative science
experiment that kids
can do.
All of the cards are also available via their web site:
http://www.cientec.or.cr/
For an English translation, you can enter the URL into Alta Vista's
Babelfish site:
http://world.altavista.com/babelfish/tr
The translation isn't perfect, but it is clear enough to make the site
quite useful
for both Spanish- and English-speaking students.
Also, CIENTEC recently sponsored a teacher workshop on earthquakes and
volcanoes
that Eric Muller and I participated in. I've posted a PowerPoint talk and
many
photographs that may be helpful for those teaching Earth Science or
Geography. See:
http://jclahr.com/science/earth_science/cientec/
Cheers,
John
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