{"id":50816,"date":"2015-06-17T08:30:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T12:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=50816"},"modified":"2015-06-17T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T12:43:09","slug":"for-summer-vacation-some-resources-to-help-spark-students-interests-and-perhaps-identify-some-new-passions-dyoco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/06\/17\/for-summer-vacation-some-resources-to-help-spark-students-interests-and-perhaps-identify-some-new-passions-dyoco\/","title":{"rendered":"For summer vacation: Some resources to help spark students&#8217; interests and perhaps identify some new passions! [Dyoco]"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">With a special thanks and a shout out to Jasmine Dyoco at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/educatorlabs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">educatorlabs.org<\/a> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">for the following information:<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Summer vacation is upon us and students will be spending it in a variety of ways \u2013 from tinkering around the house and going swimming through brushing up on math and thinking about college. Whatever they do, we hope to inspire them to get excited about something new, and make use of their unstructured time to find a new passion.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve gathered resources on different topics to help spark students&#8217; interests in something new &#8212; from STEM through human stories &#8212; that we think will be useful and fun!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grc.nasa.gov\/WWW\/k-12\/UEET\/StudentSite\/dynamicsofflight.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dynamics of Space Flight &#8211; NASA<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-aircraftsupply.com\/the-science-behind-paper-airplanes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Science Behind Airplanes<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/student.societyforscience.org\/topic\/tech-math\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ScienceNews for Students<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calculators.org\/math\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Math Calculators<\/strong><\/a> (organized by Subject, Topic &amp; Difficulty)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archkidecture.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>archKIDecture<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homeadvisor.com\/r\/how-to-fix-it-yourself-101\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fix-It Literacy Guide<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tryengineering.org\/explore-engineering\/become-engineer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Become an Engineer<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acls.net\/heart-attack.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Heart Attack Quiz<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kids.nationalgeographic.com\/kids\/places\/find\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World Culture<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleanitsupply.com\/blog\/illness-prevention-the-k-12-cleanliness-and-hygiene-lesson-plan-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Science and History of Hygiene<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eoearth.org\/topics\/view\/51cbfc78f702fc2ba8129e5c\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Encyclopedia of Earth &#8211; Geography<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DSC: With a special thanks and a shout out to Jasmine Dyoco at educatorlabs.org for the following information: Summer vacation is upon us and students will be spending it in a variety of ways \u2013 from tinkering around the house and going swimming through brushing up on math and thinking about college. 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