Synthesizing ideas from the SCIENCE reading by Anita Sanyal https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d Please make at least one contribution, but more are definitely welcome! Add a note using the "+" button under one of the four categories below. Consider engaging with other people's thinking by liking or commenting on others' posts! en-us 2022-02-10 19:46:42 UTC 2022-02-16 04:10:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2045043971 One thing that resonated with me is the idea of being "the anti-Bill Nye" meaning rather than giving students the answers, allowing them to explore. I believe it's so crucial to allow student's to be curious because they become more active about their learning and truly learn. The key distinction between content and knowledge I believe was also critical because our current education system focuses a lot on content. Students are expected to memorizes random bits of information rather than be able to apply it.  -Bryant R.C.]]> 2022-02-13 23:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2045043971 In our "anti-Bill Nye" way of teaching, where is the line between letting students explore and find out for themselves and teaching them actual content and material? I wonder how to find the balance so students can be curious and active but also understand what to do and the concepts behind the phenomena? - Kat G https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2046770104 2022-02-14 17:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2046770104 tharper12 https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2047355281 The egg drop vs EBOLA outbreak. Making this a relevant option instead of just the traditional egg drop is interesting to me. I remember doing my egg drop in physics but the teacher made it a competition amongst students so I was intrigued already. However, I can see how making it relevant to existing topics in the news are also interesting. I do think the phenomenon thing is true as my physics teacher used to show us cool things and then we would learn the physics behind it.]]> 2022-02-14 23:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2047355281 I resonated with having the kids be asked more questions rather than being told the answer. A lot of time during school and while we're 'learning' we just want to pass the class, so we tend to look up the answers or ask to be told the answers than do the intricit thinking ourselves. Asking questions for the kids to answer themselves helps create a better platform of staying informed on the knowledge rather than memorizing the right answer for short term. - Jaida Jernagin https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2048741298 2022-02-15 14:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2048741298 That we should let the science do the convincing instead of our own brains since the information is there for us to rely on. Also with discussing the wrong answers too, i realized how important that is because we are usually only told the correct answers but don't explain the wrong ones and why they were wrong so we don't make the same mistake twice. - Jaida Jernagin https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2048771526 2022-02-15 15:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2048771526 https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2049605483 When coming up with creative topics to relate with the content being learned how do you determine which topics grasps the students interest? Relating it to the article one student may be interested the Ebola spread in Liberia but that may bore the next student. How do you determine what to pick so not every child is uninterested? 
-Kaicee Lord ]]> 2022-02-15 21:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2049605483 https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2050033864 I feel that the way they structured the lesson is very intuitive. It may take a lot more time and effort then what is already put to construct that lesson plan. Even so, I feel that it will have a permenant effect (and positive one, too) on the teacher along with the students. To be up to the job, I feel the teacher has to be fully emmeressed in the field, not just knowledgable and comes from a decent background.-Mahda Hajiabbasi]]> 2022-02-16 03:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2050033864 https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2050063310 I think the relevance aspect of the article really resonated with me. If students can't apply what they're learning, then it is valid for a student to question whether it's worth learning at all. Relevance is also important because it sparks interest and curiosity. As a student, you can try your hardest to memorize formulas and processes, but without application to the real world, it is truthfully just forgotten until it is brought up again in the future.
-Maliyah R.]]> 2022-02-16 04:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2050063310 https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2050066157 I never thought about how posing questions to students to think about things instead of stating facts could be a better way of engaging students in learning in science. I don’t think I ever particularly enjoyed any science class in elementary school, middle or high school. There was one biology class I liked in 8th grade but that was because the teacher was very personable and funny. I wonder if I would have enjoyed the classes more if the teaching was structured differently and we were posed with questions about how things are a certain way instead of being told to memorize facts. -Charlotte Cook]]> 2022-02-16 04:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/asanyal1/vnvbt3o26lpgd42d/wish/2050066157