Sat, Oct 17, 2020 11:32 AM in New Teacher! Engaging 1st Graders in Science
Hello Sarait,
I have been a prekindergarten teacher for several years and have noticed that the best way to get your students engaged is my planning activities that actually meanings something to them. Letting them decided what they would like to learn about helps keep their interest. The students feed off of your reactions and when you seem excited and engaged they too will get that type of e...
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Sat, Mar 21, 2020 10:12 AM in Modeling a Remote Teaching Lesson on the Nature of Science (NOS) and the definition of a PLANET
Yianet,
I couldn't agree with you more about how much we are limiting our students by only giving them something easy to memorize. They are more planets to learn about and also more to learn about each of these planets other than just their order in the solar system. We need to give the students the tools to expand their own knowledge by exploring more about each of these planets. We...
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Sat, Mar 21, 2020 10:06 AM in Modeling a Remote Teaching Lesson on the Nature of Science (NOS) and the definition of a PLANET
3. There are other pieces of scientific knowledge that you learned in school that have turned out to be incorrect or misleading. Depending on your age, there may be a LOT of them – especially involving planetary science and astronomy in general! If you can think of one, share it here. Use the sentence starters: I used to think…. Now I know….This is ...
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