Learning and Science in the 21st Century
Do you think what Randy Olson has to say about scientists goes for teachers too? Most science teachers love science. We don’t have to work hard to be interested. Science hasn’t kept up with modern media and neither has education. The science communication problem, as Dr. Olson states, lies with both science communication and eduction. [...]
The lab bench, beakers, liquids, a balance, data in a notebook these are the makings of the class lab. Now add in the lab report. Follow the way of writing science, abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion…Now turn it in, and move forward to the next assignment. Now consider this: The lab bench, beakers, liquids, a [...]
Following the previous post, it is time to look to the future. Which way to go? Here are some ideas: Tackle some questions regarding climate change using wikis perhaps. I have done units like this before using a socratic seminar. I saw an interesting post on Julie Lindsay’s blog about the fishbowl technique used by [...]
As the end of the semester draws near I thought it a good time to reflect on the gains made in class. Its amazing how curriculum and learning can snowball so quickly as the year goes on. One thing leads to another, blending in to what came before. At times it feels like really little [...]
Skim over any state’s science standards and you are likely to see a long list of topics you may recall from various science classes in your past, from the elementary grades through college. Here in New Hampshire the list is much the same. Learning targets are set for different blocks of grade level spans. And [...]
