The Science of Science Education

Although my love for science may surpass my love of mathematics, teaching it has always been a little bit more difficult for me.

Biggest Questions:
- How can I make it as hands-on as possible?
- How can I foster critical thinking and scaffold connections between different concepts we have learnt?  And how much structure does this actually require?
- What should the kids be walking out of my classroom knowing?
- Where does assessment fit in?
- How can I make it applicable? (this is the easiest, in my opinion)

I feel like I have the answers to [most of] these questions, but it is sometimes overwhelming to look at all of this and take into account all the curricular outcomes.  For this reason I do wish I had one more year with my Grade 8 Science class, to make it just a bit more perfect.

Next week's lessons will include:

Monday - wrap up pinhole camera (Why is it important that you use the camera in a brightly lit area?) + how our eye works

Tuesday -  compare and contrast eye and camera

Wednesday - stations - given objects - how do they work and how does the lens affect the light (enabling it to work)?

Thursday - how lenses work???