Thu, Mar 31, 2016 4:17 PM in Class Pet
Hello! I think a bunny rabbit or hamster can be a great class pet. The science teacher of my field school has about 15 animals in her classroom. She lets the bunny around the classroom during the day. The kids love the bunny and it is great exposure for kids!
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Thu, Mar 31, 2016 4:14 PM in Engaging Students
Hello! My name is Isabella Pousada. I am an Elementary Education major at FIU. Throughout my years in school, I did not enjoy science either. I just did not understand it and it did not like it. I think a great way to engage students in science is to do a lot of inquiry activities. Give students a problem or a question that they need to investigate to find the answer to. The process of the investi...
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Thu, Mar 31, 2016 4:04 PM in Misconceptions
Hello! My name is Isabella Pousada. I go to FIU. I am an Elementary Education major. Last semester I was doing my field hours in a first grade class. The students were learning about matter. A big misconception that the students had was that they only understood that people and animals were matter because they took up space. They did not understand that their desks, chairs, pencils, crayons, pape...
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