Thu, Oct 17, 2019 7:30 AM in Effective/Engaging technological resources to teach science?
Hello,
I'm currently a preservice teacher in Hawaii. I'm just learning the structure of science lessons using the NGSS' frameworks and I've been curious about how to teach science in a standard K-6 classroom. I haven't seen many science classes in the classrooms I've observed, so I was wondering how I could make science more engaging for students using technology. ...
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Thu, Oct 17, 2019 7:10 AM in Teaching Basic Needs to 2nd Graders!
Perhaps one method you could try is something we have here in Hawaii, called p4c. You have students sit in a circle, and you could ask the class a question such as "What are some important things we need to live?" in order to start activating their own background knowledge. You would need some kind of object, however (such as a yarn ball) for the students to use to toss to their classma...
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Thu, Oct 17, 2019 6:19 AM in Engaging Students
As many of the replies have mentioned, I would say giving the students some sort of phenomena is a great way to grab their attention. My own instructor suggested a phenomena I could use in a science lesson I completed recently that involved putting a biodegradeable packing peanut into water. The students would watch what happened and I asked them what sort of questions they had about the phenomen...
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