With the potential for students to be learning virtually or just spending more time at home, there is a need for parents to be able to find high quality and engaging science resources to stimulate and encourage learning at home. Here, we walk through an example of engaging children with phenomena and science at home.
Read MoreVirtual Sci Ed - Science Is For Everyone - Music Can Bring us Together
Our goal is to let music open a new door in our thinking and help make science more familiar and accessible for everyone so we can explore the world around us and think about science - together. While we are looking at patterns in terms of music - is this a lens we can use to make sense of other phenomena that we didn’t really notice a pattern in before? Can this new lens help us figure out something that is complex - our changing earth.
Read MoreVirtual Sci Ed - Good Selfies - Is That A Science Thing?!? Why Does The Light Always Ruin My Photos?!?
Why do my selfies always turn out differently - sun behind, sun to the left, bright lights over my shoulder, tallest person first - how can I keep it all straight? I never thought light really mattered, and I wasn’t sure it was even real. Why can’t my smartphone just, well, fix it!?! Maybe I should try science.
Read MoreVirtual Sci Ed - Does Our Perception Play A Role In Communication?
If a video is fake how can we tell? If it is real how can we defend a claim - what evidence do we need? Here we use a virtual tool - a Google Form - so students can share their thinking with you, support the development of claims and provide a model template to support students.
Read MoreVirtual Sci Ed - Science Is For Everyone - Go Out And Find It…Safely!!
With the potential for students to be learning virtually or just spending more time at home, there is a need for parents to be able to find high quality and engaging science resources to stimulate and encourage learning at home. Here, we walk through an example of engaging children with phenomena and science at home.
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