I went to a bunch of really useful presentations (e.g., introduction to the "Living by Chemistry" curriculum, student teaching Q & A, how to study teaching videos).
A few KSTF teaching fellows are involved with Project Ice Cube (for more information on this specific project/how to get involved in the future: check out this and that). Check out this movie:
Not only is this a fascinating project, but there are many ways to integrate this into many different science and math classrooms, such as:
- conservation of matter/nature of science
- phase changes/gas laws (e.g., What happens when you boil water at the South Pole versus here?)
- properties of water
- learning about vectors to describe paths of muons
- answer questions like, Why do penguins not get cold feet?
Feel free to ask if you want more details.
Also, what are your ideas on how to integrate the "real world" into your classroom?
Thanks to this creative video, I'm happy to have a clue about what neutrinos are and why trying to study them is a worthy pursuit....thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear more about what you observed with regard to lesson study, Tracy...that intrigues me. Maybe a future post?
Fun video on neutrinos. I think only your physics students will grasp any thing about these, but it is also a good idea to just throw the terms out there for students of all ages so that when they hear about them in college "neutrino" won't be a totally unfamiliar term.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, your conference sounded great. I would like to know more about KSTF. How did you become a part?