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Wed, Sep 07, 2011 9:33 PM in Elementary Math Instruction and Skills Important to Science

I believe that an effective science classroom needs to be integrating an array of other skills and courses in order to be fully engaging those students who are being taught. In the learning process, it has been shown through research that students will remember a concept easier and apply that concept more frequently when they are able to make connections and draw upon experiences with those conc...

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Tue, Jun 28, 2011 5:54 PM in Sharing the Research & Best Practices in Science Teaching & Learning

One such strategy is converting traditional labs to inquiry-based activities. What the research says, according to the NRC, classrooms need to begin shifting roles. The teacher should no longer be the lecturing information supplier, but rather a facilitator of tasks. The teacher should be more like the foreman at a factory, walking around making sure things are running smoothly, and that jobs ...

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Science 101: How does a lever work?

Tue, Jul 05, 2011 3:14 PM
Bravo

Science 101: How does a lever work? By Bill Robertson Bill Robertson once again laid the ground work for effectively teaching an other subject. The concept of “torque” is what really blew me away, because it was much more simple than I had originally been taught. The force arm is the key in everything he talked about, as that distance between the force being applied and the fulcrum is crucial. The students in my classroom will love being able to play with this on their own, as the pencil and ruler method to create a fulcrum are incredibly easy to do. The hands-on approach that is always used makes this appealing for visual and kinesthetic learners alike, allowing for the opportunity to teach a much more diverse classroom.

Outdoor Integration

Wed, Jun 15, 2011 9:12 PM
A reflection on Outdoor Integration

Outdoor integration is geared towards stimulating and exciting children to extend their inquiry based learning skills in science through use of the outdoors. Three different examples were given in this article about how the outdoors was properly utilized throughout a school year, including studying seeds, butterflies and stream health. Taking student’s outdoors in a controlled, educational based setting (not playground/ recess style) may lead to many positive outcomes, such as creating an opportunity to scaffold on their background knowledge of a subject and creating knowledge from their natural curiosity. The goal, which is the goal of most classrooms, is to connect students to what they are doing. As Tatarchuk and Eick stated, “We hope to also connect many students Taking student’s outdoors in a controlled, educational based setting (not playground/ recess style) may lead to many positive outcomes, such as creating an opportunity to scaffold on their background knowledge of a subject and creating knowledge from their natural curiosity. The goal, which is the goal of most classrooms, is to connect students to what they are doing. As Tatarchuk and Eick stated, “We hope to also connect many students to the outdoors and nature as a place for personal exploration and appreciation” (Tatarchuk and Eick, 2011, pg 35). Since this may be the first time students are set free to explore real-world science connections, they need guiding while they do this. The use of graphic organizers was beautifully used in this article, and they should be encouraged for any lesson and activity to keep students on task. There is no doubt that their use may push the envelope in terms of digging information out of a student, and will undoubtedly create an even larger interest in their studies.

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