Mon, Nov 30, 2020 7:32 AM in Safety Recommendations Article
In this article, Dr. Ken Roy and Kevin Doyle condense information from the CDC about COVID-19 and present it to teachers as a guide for instructional methods and safety procedures. They tailor the information to science teachers, giving them ways to do their part in fighting the virus and protecting their students. The article begins with a list of school systems and devices that must be checked ...
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Mon, Nov 02, 2020 10:56 AM in Getting Students to Ask Questions
Hi Margot!
I loved your emphasis on the importance of questions. I feel that too often questions are discouraged so that the teacher can spoon-feed all the information to the students. This makes learning much less meaningful. when students ask questions and then learn the answer through their own discovery, they retain the information more because they were the ones who asked the ...
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Mon, Nov 02, 2020 10:34 AM in Guest Speakers in the Middle School Classroom
Hi Anne! I think having guest speakers is an amazing idea for your students. It makes the content they are learning come to life. I often find that students don't understand why they are learning the content; bring in a speaker would give them an idea of how the content can be useful. Also, my husband is a scientist. He is absolutely thrilled anytime I ask him to talk with my students ...
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