{"id":1092,"date":"2018-09-12T21:52:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T01:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2018-09-12T21:52:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T01:52:22","slug":"teaching-outside-the-four-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/09\/teaching-outside-the-four-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Outside the Four Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is Exemplary Science Teaching?<\/h2>\n<p>Every future educator pursues the field wanting to make a difference in their students, their school, and maybe even the world. How do they do it? What do they need? To find out, lets explore the world of exemplary science teaching, and how to teach beyond just the four walls of your classroom. Exemplary science teachers don&#8217;t just teach the topics decided by the state standards, they use the topics to fuel their student&#8217;s curiosity and learning.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1097\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/09\/Science-Teachers-300x207.jpg?resize=300%2C207\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Science-Teachers.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Science-Teachers.jpg?resize=768%2C529&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Science-Teachers.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How-To:<\/h2>\n<p>Being an exemplary science teacher isn&#8217;t impossible. In reality, it&#8217;s actually fairly easy if you can put your mind and heart into it. Below, I&#8217;d like to share a few key points and ideas from Ann E. Haley-Oliphant&#8217;s <em>The Voices of Exemplary Science Teachers<\/em>, an excellent source of motivation, inspiration, and authentic examples of exemplary science teaching.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the environment around your school or neighborhood to integrate real-life science into your lessons<\/li>\n<li>Encourage parent or guardian participation in science<\/li>\n<li>When students ask questions about concepts, ideas, and experiments out of curiosity, they become invested in the answer and are more open to learning<\/li>\n<li>Get companies involved in the classroom! When students know that their work and learning is part of a greater purpose, it allows them to participate in authentic science research and they&#8217;re more invested in turning in quality work, not because they&#8217;re being graded on it, but because they WANT to.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;You must give power back to the children&#8221; -Georgia Brown\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When students are in charge of their own learning, they take responsibility for it without even knowing it\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Humans are innately curious and, as teachers, we need to use that to our advantage and teach in a way that grabs our student&#8217;s attention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaireCreight10\/status\/1040053597780762624\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaireCreight10\/status\/1040053597780762624<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Creating Lessons With Students In Mind<\/h2>\n<p>Lesson planning can be a daunting task, especially when you want to be an exemplary science teacher but don&#8217;t know where to start. Below is a few ideas to help you get started on the right track.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Student-led lessons or activities<\/li>\n<li>Find topics in pop-culture or other places that interest your students and ask them to relate the topic to science concepts and explain them<\/li>\n<li>Let students pick out an article in a science magazine that interests them and have them summarize the article and explain the key words and concepts to you or the class<\/li>\n<li>Use lessons to help the environment<\/li>\n<li>HAVE FUN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>TED Talk- Every Kid Needs a Champion<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In her TED Talk &#8220;Every Kid Needs a Champion,&#8221; Rita F. Pierson truly shows her passion for teaching and her passion for her students. Though she is not specifically science, she embodies exemplary teaching by the way she cares for her students and their authentic learning, not just their grades. She reminds us that with a little human connection and a good relationship, we can really get through to students no matter what we teach. After 40<span style=\"color: #000000\"><span><b>\u00a0<\/b>years of teaching, you can still see the excitement for learning Rita F. Pierson has. She is an example of exemplary teaching.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1128\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/09\/Tests-they-take-Quote-300x172.jpg?resize=300%2C172\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Tests-they-take-Quote.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Tests-they-take-Quote.jpg?w=416&amp;ssl=1 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1130\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2018\/09\/Mediocre-Teachers-Quote-2-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Mediocre-Teachers-Quote-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2018\/09\/Mediocre-Teachers-Quote-2.jpg?w=564&amp;ssl=1 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>What is Exemplary Science Teaching? 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