Tue, Dec 04, 2018 11:30 AM in How can science be more fun and exciting for students?
I agree that hands on activities is the best way to engage students and make science fun for them. By allowing them to physically perform the behavior is essential to their learning. Allowing students to work together and motivate them as a group is allowing them to take control of their learning. I performed a fossil dig activity with my students and they were engaged and working with one anothe...
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Tue, Dec 04, 2018 11:21 AM in First Day of School Science Activities
An activity my cooperating teacher did with her 4th grade students on the first day was have them draw a picture and write about what they thought a scientist was. It was very unique and interesting to see all the different pictures they drew. You could see the sterotypes that scientists get through movies and tv shows. I thought this was a great idea and fun activity to get the year started....
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Tue, Dec 04, 2018 11:14 AM in How to Motivate
I also struggled with this this semester at the beginning of my student teaching. One thing I learned was try and have patience. It's easier somedays than others. Another thing I did was tried and relate to them and what they like. I came up with questions that related to them and their likes and got more participation in answering questions and discussions that way. Hands on activites and gr...
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