Wed, Jan 25, 2012 2:02 PM in Project Based Learning/Lecture Free Classes
I have considered flipping my Bio course to allow more time in class for hands on investigations and reinforcement. What seems to be fairly common roadblock for my students and often comes up in my professional learning community is that my students do not all have easily available internet access. I have considered burning DVDs with the lectures and having them available for checkout.
Is this ...
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Wed, Jan 25, 2012 12:52 PM in "Life" in movies
It seems Science fiction can be a great motivator for science education in film or print. Personally I have had problems separating out the science from the fiction. When I show movies I am careful to identify for the class the scientific bases for the movie and then as a class we use our imagination to interpret the fiction. So much good Sci-fi is attempting to teach a lesson in its story so I tr...
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