tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post3101542654625785466..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: No wordsdoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-69157018349316935362013-01-21T19:30:24.405-05:002013-01-21T19:30:24.405-05:00Dear Malcolm,
I really no longer know what else t...Dear Malcolm,<br /><br />I really no longer know what else to do--the more I realize what this requires, the more I realize that we're doing it wrong....<br /><br /><br />Dear kguhin,<br /><br />"Soulless" is an interesting word choice, and, I think, the right one. I love the language analogy. Why else learn Spanish?<br /><br /><br /><br />Dear sehauser,<br /><br />Our children are losing the sky, the stars, the clouds, the smell of geosmin, the flutter of wings.<br /><br />I worry I am contributing to this. I need to remember why I got into this business.....<br /><br />Thanks, everyone, for your words. January is a tough time.<br /><br />doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-33619697444711015902013-01-21T13:41:20.858-05:002013-01-21T13:41:20.858-05:00I overheard one of the elementary school age patie...I overheard one of the elementary school age patients at my job reciting all the meteorology terms she had to remember for a test:<br />Barometer, cumulus clouds, thermometer, stratus clouds, anemometer and, on and on.<br />I couldn't help wonder if she has had the opportunity to stare at the sky on a cold gray day when low clouds seem to cover everything, then perhaps a few months later on a hot day stare up at the same sky and notice there seem to only be a few wispy white clouds hanging about. <br />Heck, I wonder if she gets to spend much time outside at all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-49749877415802803662013-01-20T15:03:59.201-05:002013-01-20T15:03:59.201-05:00I hate it when teachers teach science as a list of...I hate it when teachers teach science as a list of terms to memorize. Yes, students need to know the vocabulary, but science is so much more than that! It would be like learning Spanish by memorizing all of the vocabulary but never having a conversation with anyone, or reading a book in Spanish, or watching a movie in Spanish. Learning science by memorization is just as soulless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-85321367203765333412013-01-20T04:35:25.566-05:002013-01-20T04:35:25.566-05:00One day I took my students outside, told them to f...One day I took my students outside, told them to find a tree, and describe it in their science notebooks.<br />That may have been the most important thing I've done for that class all year<br /><br />Amen.<br /><br />hOMESCHOOLING 2020 COVID-19https://www.blogger.com/profile/07217586685244005591noreply@blogger.com