Over the last 500 years humans have gone from seeing a man in the moon to seeing a man on the moon. This phenomenal advance in collective learning has taken place thanks in large part to a group of strategies which have come to be referred to as The Scientific Method. If humankind has made so much progress by using the Scientific Method, then why not teach all our children to use it at an early age rather than waiting until high school or college to teach a few who are fast-tracked into science and technology careers. If we have made this much progress with a few humans using these strategies, then what will our collective learning curve look like if we are all trained to make science discoveries and/or to appreciate the discoveries of others?

Sunday, October 14, 2007

BADGE DAY

OBJECTIVE: WORK INDEPENDENTLY WITH A PARTNER OR GROUP TO COMPLETE BADGE TASKS WITHOUT INSTRUCTION.

Time: 1 or more periods

Materials: Textbooks, reference books, teacher generated materials, information researched by students etc.

Procedure:

1. Students choose one of the tasks that must be completed in order to get a badge.
2. Students work together with partners or groups to complete the task.
3. Students occasionally use the teacher as a consultant, but generally work on their own to complete the task.

NYS Standards for Lesson Plan 9

Standard 7—Interdisciplinary Problem Solving

Key Idea #2 Solving interdisciplinary problems involves a varity fo skills and strategies, including effective work habits; gathering and processing information; generating and analyzing ideas; realizing ideas; making connections among the common themes of mathematics, science and technology; and presenting results.
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