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Who Says Science Isn’t Creative?

August 9, 2012

by Vicki Dincher Creativity isn’t just for the arts and humanities. It requires a great deal of creativity to think like a scientist. In fact, some of the world’s greatest scientists were also accomplished musicians and writers. One of the best ways to encourage a love of the sciences in your children is to Read More...

by Debra Bell, High School, Writers in Residence

The Best of the Web for Teaching Writing

August 3, 2012

Aim Academy Pre-AP English teacher, Lauren Bailes, has compiled a list of the best interactive writing tools on the web you can use to help your kids learn to love the process of writing. We’re making it available as a free PDF file you can download here. Here is a snippet you will find inside: Read More...

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AAO Creative Writing Class

July 2, 2012

A review by Carmen Paddock Mrs. Serbicki’s Creative Writing class is a must not only for those students interested in fiction and poetry, but for any student wanting to expand their writing horizons beyond the research paper (and have a great time while doing so!). As a writer, I fell into both categories. The main Read More...

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The Scientific Method Ain’t What It Use to Be

June 27, 2012

by Vicki Dincher, guest blogger & Aim Academy Science Teacher We all remember the 5 steps of the scientific method: observe, hypothesize, experiment, analyze, and repeat. While science still involves hypotheses-testing, it is so much more. First, it might help to get the bigger picture of what science is and what it is not. Science Read More...

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What is Academic Writing?

June 22, 2012

Academic writing is the type of writing students are expected to produce in response to content they learn about in an academic setting; i.e. school. It’s how they formally join the “scholarly conversation.” And it can begin at a very young age, when a child writes a report about a book he has read or Read More...

by Debra Bell, The Science of Learning

The Independent Learner: Tip No.1

July 20, 2011

Give them a choice… When are you most motivated? I’ll bet you find yourself more motivated to complete tasks you’ve chosen, rather than those tasks someone else requires of you. ( Think: reading the book you brought home from the library vs. doing your income taxes, for instance.) Why is that? We have a will Read More...

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