{"id":1985,"date":"2019-02-24T16:21:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T21:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2019-02-24T16:21:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T21:21:05","slug":"lets-evolve-together-understanding-misconceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2019\/02\/lets-evolve-together-understanding-misconceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Evolve Together:  Understanding Misconceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As science teachers, it is our job to have our students think critically and dive deep into scientific knowledge.\u00a0 A big focus on our classes today is scientific argumentation.\u00a0 It is important to have our students find solid, fact-based evidence and back up their findings.\u00a0 There are many different misconceptions in the field of science; but in this post, I want to focus on one big issue in the world of biology: evolution.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Myths and misconceptions about evolution - Alex Gendler\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mZt1Gn0R22Q?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<p>This video clearly states ways evolution has been taught and how the general public can view this concept.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is there to do?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Science can be miscommunicated and taken the wrong way ALL the time.\u00a0 When it comes to evolution, many people don&#8217;t understand the concept itself OR they just will not see eye-to-eye with the teacher.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1988 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-4.08.46-PM-300x135.png?resize=300%2C135\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-4.08.46-PM.png?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-4.08.46-PM.png?w=548&amp;ssl=1 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While as science teachers, we want to teach our students the science behind all of our knowledge and information that has been collected over the years, we want to be sensitive to our students beliefs.\u00a0 Religion might come up as an issue, especially talking about evolution.\u00a0 Evolution may just be a theory to some and others avoid the evidence, we can explain politely that there are many different ways people actually perceive the creation and evolution of life.\u00a0 We just want to explain that there are some different explanations to life than what has been presented to our students, and we will gladly respect that.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;If people evolved from monkeys, then why are there still monkeys?&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1987 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-3.45.42-PM-300x206.png?resize=300%2C206\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-3.45.42-PM.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-3.45.42-PM.png?resize=768%2C528&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-3.45.42-PM.png?w=882&amp;ssl=1 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>How to teach evolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are many different ways evolution can be taught and still have your students fully understand and respect your lesson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1989\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-4.18.45-PM-300x191.png?resize=300%2C191\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-4.18.45-PM.png?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-4.18.45-PM.png?resize=768%2C489&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-4.18.45-PM.png?resize=1024%2C653&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/files\/2019\/02\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-24-at-4.18.45-PM.png?w=1042&amp;ssl=1 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a chalk talk about what students think evolution is, then have a discussion about what correct and incorrect perceptions of evolution they have to start with.<\/li>\n<li>Introduce videos that get the students to understand that evolution is a long process that acts on populations as a whole, not solely on individuals.<\/li>\n<li>Allow students to draw their conceptual understanding of evolution by using their favorite animal and how they got a unique trait (Example: the evolution of the head of a hammerhead shark)<\/li>\n<li>Have students do scientific research on evolution using fact-based sources and have them present their findings in a poster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As teachers, we have a transformative role in teaching students what is REAL science and how to fact-check our sources. Sometimes, you have to believe the \u201cfake news\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/evolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#evolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EDT432?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EDT432<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/scienceteaching?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#scienceteaching<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnMacKenzie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AnnMacKenzie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mr. Seballos (@mr_seballos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mr_seballos\/status\/1099773064441745408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2019<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>As science teachers, it is our job to have our students think critically and dive deep into scientific knowledge.\u00a0 A big focus on our classes <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2019\/02\/lets-evolve-together-understanding-misconceptions\/\" title=\"Let&#8217;s Evolve Together:  Understanding Misconceptions\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2522,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1990,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions\/1990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}