Articles Tagged with science teaching

How did you do that?

Published on October 29, 2019October 27, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Doing and teaching

Watching yourself think takes effort and attention.

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Making assumptions

Published on August 20, 2019August 18, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

What’s reasonable?

We have to start somewhere.  Sometimes the exact place isn’t important.

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Solving the problem

Published on August 13, 2019August 12, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Standardized tests (again)

When does learning become rote?

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Teaching to the test

Published on May 14, 2019May 12, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Standardization and its discontents

We face some of the dilemmas of test season.

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Science is big

Published on May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Collecting the tools

What you need to learn before starting your research gets larger all the time.

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Helium hydride

Published on April 30, 2019April 28, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Rules and exceptions

We ponder the non-nobility of a Noble Gas.

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Making a drawing (I)

Published on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The importance of the rough sketch

Sometimes, the rougher the better.

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What is your name?

Published on February 5, 2019February 6, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Power and placeholders

We point out a difference between mathematics and magic.

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The narrative imperative

Published on January 29, 2019January 28, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Telling the story

We notice that novel-writing and movie-making are different from Physics and History.

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Students return (II)

Published on January 8, 2019January 6, 2019 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Unintended consequences

We find, again, that the message we thought we sent is not always what was received.

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