Ambitious Science
A technique in which students first think about a prompt on their own, then they pair up with a partner to discuss their ideas before sharing with the class.
What is Think-Pair-Share
An online activity that models a scientific phenomena, usually a game or virtual lab.
What is a simulator!
creating representations of real-world systems, objects, or phenomena to help scientists understand, explain, and predict.
What is modeling!
No not the Naomi Campbell kind, the kind where students draw or create something to show their knowledge of science phenomena or curriculum!
A very scary project that all teachers must submit to secure a teaching license. It strikes fear in the heart of US educators.
What is the EdTPA!
I didn't even know this existed before this class. I'm scured af
An activity that helps students connect to the science topic or curriculum they are learning.
What is an achoring event!
This method really helped me get students to connect and understand what and why we are learning the science topics we learn.
Written notes, or comments left by teachers on students work.
What is feedback!
The moon phases grading activity we worked on the past few weeks really helped me with giving feedback on students work, and how to use feedback to get better results from my students.
In science, you always need to support your opinions with BLANK
What is evidence!
Chapter 11 highlighted how to get students to support their arguments by justifying their claims like real scientists do. Having students justify their ideas also helps students to understand our curriculum on a deeper level.
Supports in your lessons, activities, labs, or test that help students use science vocabulary.
What are language supports!
They can be something as simple as a word box, but language supports help students recall, memorize, and use science vocab.
How to be an ambitious science teacher!
But more specifically, especially this last chapter, I feel like I have a much better understanding of what actually achievable, how to achieve it and what my goals should be for good science teaching.
Students speaking, being involved, and BLANK in class.
What is engaged!
The overall theme of this course helped me learn skills to get my students to engage in big science ideas!