{"id":659,"date":"2018-02-08T10:40:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T15:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=659"},"modified":"2018-02-08T10:41:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T15:41:13","slug":"science-impacts-everyone-everyone-can-impact-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/02\/science-impacts-everyone-everyone-can-impact-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Impacts Everyone; Everyone Can Impact Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Multiple hurricanes, earthquakes, California is on fire but JIM INHOFE HAD A SNOWBALL IN THE SENATE ONCE, WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UbQPdi5KN7\">pic.twitter.com\/UbQPdi5KN7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Courtney (@CDNwanderer88) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDNwanderer88\/status\/906218801108267008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yes, in this week&#8217;s blog, I am throwing it back to 2015, when a Senator brought in the infamous snowball that was cold, hard, evidence (pardon the pun) that climate change is a hoax. I am sure you&#8217;ve heard about this, but here is a video of the moment, in case you&#8217;ve forgotten:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) Snowball in the Senate (C-SPAN)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3E0a_60PMR8?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>Educators, like most professionals, have goals they wish to achieve in the classroom. One of my goals developed as a result of seeing this video:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>I want my students to understand the difference between <em>climate<\/em> and <em>weather<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We experience <strong>weather<\/strong> day to day. We look at the weather report for the week so that we know what to expect and how we should dress, and whether or not we should bring an umbrella.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate<\/strong> refers to the bigger picture; weather trends over a longer period of time, and we often measure it by calculating average rainfall, temperature, etc. over a period of time.<\/li>\n<li>Of all the things to study in science, why do I care so much about climate change?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Because, despite what we might see on the media, climate change isn&#8217;t a bipartisan issue. It isn&#8217;t an issue of race, class, gender, or age.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTS EVERYONE.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Research shows that when students relate to the content in the classroom, they are more engaged, and when they are engaged, they will be able to better learn the material.<\/p>\n<p>When implemented correctly, science can empower students to make a difference in their communities. This engagement with socioscientific issues is referred to as\u00a0<em>educated action<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/tea.21127\/epdf\"><em>Putting on a Green Carnival: Youth Taking Educated Action on Socioscientific Issues<\/em><\/a> highlights one case study that implements educated action.<\/p>\n<p>The students featured in this article are young, African-American females, aged 10-13 from Great Lakes City, MI. These students participated in a program at their local Boys and Girls Club called <a href=\"http:\/\/getcity.org\/\">GET City<\/a>, which stands for Green Energy Technology in the City.<\/p>\n<p>Both the students and their local community benefitted from the research and action taken by these students. Their end product was a Green Carnival, where the girls could educate the public about the importance of environmental awareness in their community.<\/p>\n<p>This program not only allowed students to engage in STEM activities and thinking, but also enabled them to make meaningful application of the subject matter, and to practice communicating what they learned to others in their community.<\/p>\n<p>Students often perceive science as a body of knowledge, not as a tool for them to take action. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgenscience.org\/standards\/standards\">Next Generation Science Standards<\/a> include &#8220;practices,&#8221; but often students perceive &#8220;practices&#8221; as futuristic, not something they can implement now.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nextgenscience.org\/sites\/all\/themes\/ngss\/img\/accordion_logo.png?resize=239%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"239\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The most valuable aspect of this project is that it was\u00a0<em>directed by students<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They were given support from adults, but the students chose the topic they wanted to investigate, they decided what technologies they specifically wanted to focus on, they were actively involved in problem solving, and they decided how they would communicate their findings to their peers and community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science is for everyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No matter what age, income, race, gender, or sexuality, science can be accessible, engaging, and empowering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Birmingham, D., &amp; Barton, A. C. (2013, November). Putting on a Green Carnival: Youth Taking Educated Action on Socioscientific Issues. <em>Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 51<\/em>(3), 286-314.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Multiple hurricanes, earthquakes, California is on fire but JIM INHOFE HAD A SNOWBALL IN THE SENATE ONCE, WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE??? pic.twitter.com\/UbQPdi5KN7 &mdash; Courtney (@CDNwanderer88) September <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/02\/science-impacts-everyone-everyone-can-impact-science\/\" title=\"Science Impacts Everyone; Everyone Can Impact Science\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2137,"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":[1,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","category-research-in-science-education"],"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\/659","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\/2137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}