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What is the AIMS Math and Science Sandbox?
Welcome to the AIMS blog and to our grade-leveled website. AIMS is a non-profit education foundation that exists to enhance the teaching and the learning of the concepts and the relationships of...
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Spool Tractor Collaboration
Hi! My name is Bethann Fields. I work in the business office here at AIMS. Our most important job in the business office is communicating with teachers. Most of the time, our communication involves...
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Using Today’s Technologies to Locate Teaching Resources
For the last 28 years I’ve been an educator. Lately I’ve been thinking about the evolution of my tenure. I started teaching fifth grade in 1985 with no computer, no world wide web, no interactive white...
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AIMS Customer Conference Notes
I recently returned from visiting AIMS customers on the east coast. Since I am not an educator (my background is engineering and management), I spend most of my time listening, and I would like to...
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From Arrogant Child to Learning Adult
This is the face of an arrogant teenager. Sadly, it is also my face. I’m terribly impatient. If friends say they’d like to get together sometime, I want to know what they’re doing that night. How about...
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Teachers Using AIMS with Professional Development Speak Out
One of the things that I get to do at AIMS is to create online professional development courses based on some of the AIMS publications. AIMS has been offering professional development based on their...
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Fresno County Science Olympiad
Fresno County’s Science Olympiad for Middle School students was Saturday, March 2 and AIMS was there! The ABC30 stated that the Science Olympiad “was held at the Clovis North Education Center. Both...
View ArticleSecrets of the AIMS Studio
Work began on the AIMS Studio a year ago this month, back in May 2012. Staff Artists Dawn McAndrews and Reneè Mason came up with some incredible designs and then brought the designs into reality by...
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Learning Model with the Math Practices Poster
In his blog post, Mathematical Practices of the Common Core with the AIMS Model of Learning my colleague Sheldon Erickson described the integration of the eight Common Core Mathematical Practices in to...
View ArticleWorking for AIMS Makes You a Terrorist?
I should never wear shorts. That’s the first takeaway from the above video. The second is that no, working for AIMS does not make you a terrorist, but it can make you look pretty suspicious. The video...
View ArticleMore for the Classroom Using Doceri
I’m glad to be back this month with two additional Doceri presentations for you. I am continuing to work with and learn more about the Doceri interactive whiteboard application. It is such a versatile...
View ArticleThe Post Webinar Post
The word I would choose to describe last Thursday’s webinar is SUCCESS. Less than a few months ago our vision was to virtually connect with workshop participants and do an interactive webinar. Could we...
View ArticleAIMS Math and Science Professional Development
I am on my way to Michigan to facilitate professional development in mathematics. I will share a full day of hands-on activities that can easily be supplemented in to a teacher’s math curriculum. Why...
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