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Inquiry
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Simulating Parkinson's: Using Electronics to Build Empathy
This lab activity takes students on a unique journey through the world of neuroscience and engineering to explore the complex nature of Parkinson's Disease. Students will simulate the motor...
Exploring Fentanyl's Risks: Using Chemistry to Imitate the Brain's Protective Layer
This lab activity directly tackles a pressing issue: the opioid crisis, with a spotlight on fentanyl, one of the most potent and problematic drugs out there. This isn't just any experiment; it's a...
Fast AI Game Design Using ChatGPT and p5.js
Experimenting with leveraging ChatGPT as a medium for generating code to run simple JavaScript games in p5.js . My ultimate goal is to create a system where students can use both applications to...
Pipe Insulator Roller Coasters!
Using pipe insulation and marbles to teach conservation of energy in physics.
Using 'What If' Videos to Empower Thought Experiments During Distance Learning
Leveraging thought experiments to promote engagement in online learning.
Feynman and Delayed Direct Instruction
How Richard Feynman embodied inquiry learning.
Incompetency
Analysis of discussion on pedagogy between Tim Ferris and Seth Godin
5E Inquiry Cycle Example (Distance Learning Version)
Example of 5E Learning Cycle modification in Biology for the distance learning enviornment.
Blooms Taxonomy 'Walkaround' model revisited
Revisiting this post today while working with colleagues on inquiry lesson planning in the context of Blooms Taxonomy. Because I am finding this particular reflection and model useful, I felt it as wo
Inquiry Learning and Online Teaching
Translating the inquiry learning cycle in the online teaching environment during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Surprise Sub Lesson: Generic Legos & Google Docs
About three months ago I did something I often do but I am embarrassed to admit: I assigned a 'sub lesson' when absent, asked students to submit evidence of completion, and then... ...wait for it.....
5E Lesson Strategy: Making the 'Explain' Phase Fun With Lower Blooms Hoops!
CYCLES OF LEARNING
5E Lesson Example: Cellular Respiration w/Crosscutting NGSS Integration.
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Revised 5E-Hero's Journey Lesson Planning Template
Revised 5E-Hero's Journey Lesson Planning Template! | written to annoying lengths about my love for the connection between the 5E Inquiry Learning Cycle.
Google Science Fair as my Biology Final Exam
I have written in the past about how much I am enjoying teaching Biology this year. After graduating with a degree in Biochemistry, my first teaching job, and thus the subsequent 17 years, led me to..
8 Awesome Inquiry Lesson Cycles!
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of working with the science educators at D211 in Chicago's Northwest Suburbs. As part of the workshop, all teachers were challenged to work in discipline specific...
3 Ways to Simplify, Streamline, and Empower Your Lesson Design
3 Ways to Simplify, Streamline, and Empower Your Lesson Design
Structure for Authentic Reading in My Biology Class.
Biology, Literacy, Google Docs, Spreadsheet, Reading, Medicine.
Inquiry, Biology, Diagnosis
Medical Case Studies as Inquiry Entry Points in Biology
Movies, Clips, Curiosity, Spark, Videos
My 15 Favorite Movie Clips to Use as Science Curiosity Sparks, Strategically leveraging clips from movies that show various phenomena. Read more: Cycles of Learning.
Curiosity, Technology, Chemistry
Most powerful ways to spark Involuntary Curiosity in students is to strategically trim a video clip to remove content or present an unresolved of the content.
Revised Hero's Journey/5E Overlap Diagram
CYCLES OF LEARNING
EdTech Team Hangout on Blended Learning
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Assistive Technology Course Using Arduino & MakeyMakey: From Design to Delivery
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Human-Centered Design and the 'MakeyMakey'
Human-Centered Design and the 'MakeyMakey' - recently gave my robotics students an invention challenge using the MakeyMakey designed. Cycles of Learning
TEDxYouth@SHC 2016
In May of 2013 I was asked to speak on TED's first ever TV special, TED Talks Education , As a full-time classroom science teacher, I am confident that any number of my current colleagues at Sacred..
littleBits Interview
CYCLES OF LEARNING
'Hero's Journey' Learning Cycle Template (2015-2016 School Year)
For the past two years I have been leveraging the ' Explore-Flip-Apply ' learning cycle framework in my chemistry class. I love this framework as it simultaneously merges two important facets of...
Learning Cycle Checklist
It comes as no surprise that some of the best lesson planning we do as teachers happens the month after school ends. The successes and failures of the year are fresh and at least for me, lesson...
Explosive Science Camp: Day 2
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Explosive Science Camp: Day 1
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Sketchnote of recent presentation
The awesome Matt Miller (@jmattmiller) created this sketchnote of a recent presentation I did linking the 5E learning cycle to the Hero's Journey. Thanks Matt!!
Inquiry Learning and the Hero's Journey
Notice any similarities?
Sparking & Organizing Curiosity: An EdTech Mission Statement
CYCLES OF LEARNING
MakeyMakey Titration Drop Counter Hack
CYCLES OF LEARNING
DFW on Inquiry
'Great short stories and great jokes have a lot in common. Both depend on what communication-theorists sometimes called “exformation,” which is a certain quantity of vital information removed...
Jay Silver Interview: Pedagogy of Makey Makey Video
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Involuntary Curiosity Sparks (Loewenstein, 94)
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Bedley Bros. Episode #19
Had a great conversation with the Bedley Bros . about inquiry today. Check it out below:
Cultivating Involuntary Curiosity
I just finished reading the Loewenstein (1998) article The Psychology of Curiosity: A Review and Reinterpretation . Not surprisingly the paper begins by reminding the reader of the strong...
Inquiry Videos & Full-Screen YouTube Hack
Inspired by a fabulous Dan Meyer session I attended at my school last month, I have begun the process of trying to re-frame as many released AP Chemistry problems into inquiry videos as...
Blended Learning Cycles by Paul Anders
This is an excellent video by Biology teacher Paul Anderson . Paul explains how he has merged aspects of blended learning with an inquiry based learning cycle. Paul is an inspiring educator and...
Action Research Video Clip (Explore-Flip-Apply)
Below is a video that a colleague of mine, Deb Wycoff, produced as part of her action research study on Flip Teaching. During the course of our interviews I answered various questions, but more...
How fast am I walking (First Display Recorder attempt)
Instead of driving to STEM camp this morning, I decided to walk, and use the Display Recorde r app to screencast the little ball on the map directions. I uploaded the video to YouTube, and when I...
Explore-Flip-Apply Theoretical Framework
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Sub Videos
To appropriately merge video instruction (student or teacher produced) within the context of an inquiry cycle, you must first ask yourself the question: what is the purpose of a video? Personally, I..
Poolside CUE with @followmolly
CYCLES OF LEARNING
Reflection App
Reflection App allows you to mirror your iPhone 4S or iPad display directly onto your max OSX computer. See the below video for an overview:
Explore-Flip-Apply Example 2
Click here for Example 1 which outlines the process in more detail. Day 1: Explore Topic: Effusion and Diffusion. Task: To compare the effusion rates of helium gas and nitrogen gas....
Explore-Flip-Apply Example
Background Information This is my 5th year trying implement an effective model of the “inverted classroom” (Lage, Platt, & Treglia, 2000 ) in my AP Chemistry class. I say “trying” as...