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Jason Cervenec; Tom Chudley; Joseph Helterbrand; Paula Street; Vigo Bertolo – Connected Science Learning, 2024
A material commonly known as Flubber, with properties that are excellent for teaching about glaciers, has been widely used in geosciences education. Yet, the original recipe contains borax, which has health risks that should be avoided. A new recipe is shared containing low-cost, readily available ingredients that produces a reformulated Flubber…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Conservation (Environment), Chemistry, Hazardous Materials
Annie McMahon Whitlock – Teachers College Press, 2024
This book uses the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, as a touchstone for the importance and value of including place-based education in the social studies curriculum. Whitlock scrutinizes this local environmental issue to not only drive critical inquiry in the classroom, but also to show how the curriculum can propel valuable social change in the…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Place Based Education, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes