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Introduction
RIScienceTeachers is a free resource aimed at strengthening science education in Rhode Island schools. An important step in this process is to build a knowledge base of information around each of the Rhode Island Grade Span Expectations (GSEs). If you are a science teacher who shares a concern for what (and how) students learn science, we invite you to join this site and add your contribution. What could this "GSE Knowledge Base" look like? Currently, RIScienceTeachers has two main offerings. The first is an online collection of the RI GSEs. This collection is unique because it allows site members to share their interpretations, practical knowledge, activity ideas, and resources that they feel address the GSEs well. The second feature of the site is a collection of links to local (and not so local) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) resources.

After you have browsed through the current site, give some thought to what would make this site worth bookmarking and returning to throughout the school year. If there are other features that you would like to see on RIScienceTeachers, please give us your feedback!

//Website where every page is editable// ||= ||= **Teacher’s Network** //An online gathering place//**.** ||
 * = **Wiki**
 * www.riscienceteachers.wikispaces.com** || ||
 * www.riscienceteachers.ning.com** ||
 * Ten ways to participate in the RIScienceTeachers Wikispace
 * 1. Join the wikispace
 * 2. Browse the current information for a favorite GSE
 * 3. Fix a typo or misspelling.
 * 4. Brainstorm concepts required to understand a GSE
 * 5. Research and summarize a GSE's misconceptions
 * 6. Ask questions or make comments in a GSE's discussion area.
 * 7. Describe or link to videos, diagrams, podcasts, or lessons that would be helpful to address a GSE's concepts.
 * 8. Use wiki to "unpack" GSEs in a team, department, workshop, or a preservice class.
 * 9. Create a science-related page of your own. (Be sure to link it in the sidebar.)
 * 10 Invite colleagues and friends to join the RIScienceTeachers wiki. || || Ten ways to participate in the [|RIScienceTeachers Network]:
 * 1. Join the network
 * 2. Upload your picture
 * 3. Introduce yourself
 * 4. Browse: member pages, resources, science news, podcasts,and videos
 * 5. Say "Hi" to someone (write on their wall)
 * 6. Join a group
 * 7. Create a group
 * 8. Comment in the forum
 * 9. Start a discussion
 * 10. INVITE colleagues and friends to join the RIScienceTeachers network. ||
 * 9. Start a discussion
 * 10. INVITE colleagues and friends to join the RIScienceTeachers network. ||