Sun, Jul 23, 2017 8:16 AM in First Day of School Science Activities
Ruth
The standard safety videos, including the one put out by the ACS, need some updating. We also have had students create short videos that each focus on one concept. I think students are more open to hearing about safety from their peers. I works well
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Sat, Jul 22, 2017 8:20 PM in Make-up tests
Steven I love this idea. Students are not very good at judging their own learning. Tools that can help them will develop their skills and ability to become self regulated learners. There are huge benefits to this both in and out of school
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Fri, Apr 21, 2017 6:19 PM in Writing in STEM
I think that there are two sides to writing that have to be considered: learning to write and writing to learn. I have moved to guided inquiry labs and require that my students write lab reports. Since the labs are set up so that they collect and analyse data in order to answer a question, critical thinking is required. Las week one of my students complained about the time it tool to write the rep...
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