Week 2: Awakening the Inner Scientist: January 24, 2011 - January 30, 2011 includes: doing an experiment activity called Float, Sink, or???, went to computer lab to set up our pbworks account for our electronic portfolio, watched a video called Fish is Fish Story, did an activity with Conceptions of Learning and Structure of Knowledge, an activity with Take a Guess to guess how we think people learn based on categories. Submit for Grading: A1, A2, and under cloud "An Invitation to Teaching Science" did assignments: F2: A Sketch of a Typical Scientist, F3: Chapter 2 Questions, and F1: Chapter 1 Discussion Questions
This was a great week. It was good to get all the online stuff for this class set up. It was a great idea to go to the computer lab. The Fish is Fish Story was very interesting. I am happy that the assignments that are due for graded are listed.
Week 2: Awakening the Inner Scientist
During week 2 you will make the discoveries:
- Who you are
- What you think of science
- What your questions about nature are
- What your concerns about science teaching are
- What learning is and what the best ways of teaching scienceare
- What constructivism is and how to create a constructivistscience classroom
Many new teachers don't think of themselves as scientists. They often regard science as a subject beyond their grasp. This uneasiness leads them to rely on external authorities in science rather than looking inside themselves and cultivating their own scientific approach. There is a budding scientist in all of us and it is the task of a new teacher to try to rediscover his or her scientific instincts and develop them.
As a teacher you need to wear different hats to teach your students. It is important to engage your students so sometimes you need to dress up as a character or pretend to be someone else to show your students a lesson. If science is not your subject you as a teacher need to find a way to teach science to your students. It can be by using your strengths and then incorporating science. Doing experiments is important and a great way to show students a good time and a great way to get students involved and engaged in wanting to learn science. It is important to learn science.
I think that science is the study of facts and organisms. Science is the study of nature and the environment around us.Science is with us everyday. Science is nature around us the animals that we see. Science can be found in jobs like bio-techs, pharmacists, doctors, and many others. Flowers bloom and so do food that is grown and that is science. Science can be studied close or from a far. Science can involve doing experiments or involve observing.
Teachers as scientists:
1. Make observations which include all our perceptions of an object or an event using as many senses as we can
2. Make inferences based on our observations
3. Become your own source
4. Create a hypothesis
5. Test your ideas by planning an experiment and carrying out the extended investigations
As a teacher do not have negative thoughts about a subject because that affects the attitude of the student toward the subject. In other words, teachers who have a positive outlook toward science tend to instill that outlook in their students.
My concerns about science teaching are as follows. One of my concerns about teaching science is that I will make a fool of myself in front of the class. Another one of my concerns about teaching science is that I am going to do the experiment wrong. I am also concerned about not being fully prepared when doing an experiment. I am also concerned that I won't have all the answers to the questions.
Learning is to obtain information through notes, reading research of articles that becomes knowledge.
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