{"id":1083,"date":"2018-09-12T12:14:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T16:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2018-09-12T12:14:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T16:14:05","slug":"exemplary-science-teaching-and-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/09\/exemplary-science-teaching-and-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Exemplary Science Teaching and You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/09\/5008088_orig-300x133.png?resize=300%2C133\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/5008088_orig.png?resize=300%2C133&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/5008088_orig.png?w=545&amp;ssl=1 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What does Exemplary Science Teaching mean to you? Does it just mean being a really good teacher that all the students like? Or is it more along the lines of being that Super Teacher, the one who has all the answers to every question ever pondered? Both ideas are on the right track, but they&#8217;re missing one very serious detail: Student Curiosity.<\/p>\n<h1>Keeping Student Curiosity &amp; Involvement<\/h1>\n<p>To truly be an exemplary teacher, you need to be able to keep the students involved and keep their curiosity even higher. If a student isn&#8217;t curious about what they&#8217;re getting involved in, then there is very little chance that the student will remember any of what they learned as soon as they leave your class.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Having issues keeping your students involved in their learning? Are your lessons lecture style with a boatload of textbook reading? If you answered yes to both questions, try to mix up your style by getting the kids hands-on with their education! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EDT431?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EDT431<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/scienceteaching?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#scienceteaching<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mr. Thomas (@BryceSBThomas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryceSBThomas\/status\/1039904793177858049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Think back to your favorite science experiment. What was it that had you so mesmerized, so intrigued that you can recall it with vivid accuracy? My guess is that it had you involved, hands on, and curious all the way through the experiment.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/1200\/1%2AB00GrKi8owSfOyEi3-oNNQ.png?resize=354%2C257&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image result for inquiry learning\" width=\"354\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This type of learning is called Inquiry-Based Learning. Here is a video that shows a little more about how this type of learning is done.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inquiry-Based Learning: From Teacher-Guided to Student-Driven\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mAYh4nWUkU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Lesson Plans &amp; Activities<\/h1>\n<p>Lesson plans for open-ended learning like Inquiry require the students to be up close with their learning. Some great ideas for lessons plans are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take your students outside to observe how light can be refracted and polarized<\/li>\n<li>Give your students a solid and tell them that in needs to become a liquid. Allow them to figure out their path between the two<\/li>\n<li>Give students a pile of minerals and tell them to sort them. How they&#8217;re sorted is up to them. This allows for the students to make connections between the colors of the minerals and their make-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No matter what kind of lesson you are trying to teach, as long as the students are curious and involved, they&#8217;re thinking like a scientist.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1089\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/09\/carlsagan1-300x158.jpg?resize=300%2C158\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/carlsagan1.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/carlsagan1.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>What does Exemplary Science Teaching mean to you? 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