With all the recent news about Vaccinations, Jimmy Kimmel weighed in on the issue with the help of some real doctors. … [Read more...] about Jimmy Kimmel Got A Bunch Of Actual Doctors To Tell Off Anti-Vaccinators
What Colour Is This Dress? White and Gold or Black and Blue? – Solution
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5 concise and interesting science videos to begin and create discussion in your classroom – Part 1
How to start every class. To begin a class I want my kids thinking science and what better way than to show a quick science (connected to the content or students lives in general) video, usually 3-4 minutes long which leads to a class discussion. These videos create a minds-on mentality, generate discussion and allow me to take control of my class from the start because once the video begins, the students understand it's time to focus. I'm going to dedicate a series of posts to these videos. … [Read more...] about 5 concise and interesting science videos to begin and create discussion in your classroom – Part 1
Genius Hour – Have You Tried It Yet?
This year I undertook Genius Hour for the first time with my grade 12 university physics class to great success. What is Genius Hour? Genius Hour is inspired by Google’s 20% time whereby employees are permitted to use 20% of their working time to be creative and explore ideas that matter to them and which could potentially be incorporated into the Google World. This process has garnered such innovations as Gmail and Google Maps among others. Genius Hour allows students to explore their own … [Read more...] about Genius Hour – Have You Tried It Yet?
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How to assess the understanding of your entire class in 20 seconds or less
As teachers, we need to know whether our students have understood a lesson before we move on. One way is to have a quiz but that's a lot of pressure on your kids and it doesn't always tell you what they KNOW, just what they can reproduce in that particular situation. Plus it takes a lot of time, involves more marking and really isn't much fun for you or them. Recently I've come across a great solution to this problem, they're called Plickers. Similar to Clickers but without the need to … [Read more...] about How to assess the understanding of your entire class in 20 seconds or less