http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabid/341/Default.aspxThe latest headlines and articles from Synergistic Learning Systems.(c) 2010, Pitsco, Inc. All rights reserved.5http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabid/341/Default.aspxhttp://www.synergistic-systems.com/sharedimages/logo/medium/M_Pitsco-Ed.jpgBo-r-r-ring! You can almost see the word ooze from their heads as students stifle yawns and thumb their traditional science texts open to the next . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1349http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1349Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTSynergistic Algebra Modules provide hands-on activities in subject areas other than math. These Modules give your lab a bigger bang for the buck by . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1346http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1346Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTPre-Algebra solution offers nontraditional approach What kind of curriculum is most effective in an alternative school? Alternative curriculum, . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1547http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1547Tue, 6 May 2008 05:00:00 GMTSynergy has been in widespread use across the country for several months now. It has been an educational experience for all of us. We have learned . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1335http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1335Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTWhen given a choice, students prefer to work at their own pace, rather than the teacher’s. And the ability to go back and quickly review . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=2778http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=2778Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMTLining up a classroom visit from a former leading engineer at NASA would be quite a coup for a high school technology teacher. Getting him to come . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1360http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1360Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTSnorkeling, swimming, and a trip to Sea World would be a dream vacation for most children. For members of the Aquanauts Club at Hughes Academy, it’s . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1347http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1347Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTPrincipals aren’t easily fooled, and most of them have to be thoroughly convinced before they apply their stamp of approval. Dr. Mark Harrison, the . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1342http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1342Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTHarvey Dean President and CEO During my years as a teacher, the two primary features that caused me to be a repeat customer with a company . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1332http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1332Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTChris Theriot hasn’t always made the best choices, which is what landed him in the middle school transitions program at Douglass, an alternative . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=2779http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=2779Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMTGoing from a traditional classroom to a Synergistic lab amounts to a paradigm shift for teachers, and only after they learn the new content, . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1340http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1340Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTHorror stories are great! They capture your attention and hold you close to the edge of your seat right until the very end. Then when they’re over, . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1356http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1356Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTThe educational hive that produces the future scientific minds of this country must be encouraged to develop a greater quantity of qualified . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1339http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1339Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTBy now many of our customers have upgraded to the recently released 1.3.0 version of Synergy . Although we still have many features to add and . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1334http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1334Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTA proven success. It’s what every educator seeks – a solution that helps at-risk, low-performing, and economically disadvantaged students break . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=2461http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=2461Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMTWhat does it take to win a state or national teaching award? Before you rack your brain too hard pondering this query, consider Dan Lundborg’s . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1359http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1359Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT“I understand that you have also done some research on different types of sensors. I want you to provide me with the reasons why you think that a . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1358http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1358Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTIn any science Module, we present concepts that many students initially assume are difficult. It is a continuing challenge to make these concepts . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1348http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1348Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTDo you sometimes wonder if personal service has become a thing of the past? Lots of companies talk about it; you hear it on the radio and TV all . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1411http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1411Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTGet Your Copy Introduction : Dennis Clancy has spent 41 years in education and recently came out of retirement to serve his . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=2493http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=2493Wed, 1 Apr 2009 05:00:00 GMTThe equipment is ready. The task awaits. A buzzer sounds, ending the countdown. The Crews scramble into place and listen to the latest orders from . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1361http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1361Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTIt’s a good thing April Fojtik enjoys a challenge. Not only was she faced in August with the challenge of working as a full-time teacher during her . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1357http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1357Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTHigh schools are changing. Nowhere is that fact more obvious than in Spring, Texas, where a change in curriculum implementation has resulted in a . . .http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1363http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1363Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMTEditor’s Note: Deanna Roberts is in her seventh year facilitating a Synergistic Modules lab at Sagewood Middle School in Parker, Colorado.http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1337http://www.synergistic-systems.com/tabID/326/Default.aspx?art=1337Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT