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@MsGabPDavis I love that you stated teachers need to incorporate our likes/favorites. How can we spark student interest if we have none?

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A6: "Curiosity stems from past experience and current knowledge." Curiosity must be personal. High levels of curiosity increase engagement and student achievement.
#curiositymatters2FMSD

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A5: We can better engage students if we can foster a sense of confidence (that they can learn and succeed) and embrace collaboration among students.
#curiositymatters2FMSD

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A4: Students are more likely to remember what I teach if the material has relevance to their lives and is interesting.
#curiositymatters2FMSD

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A3: Performing a cool demonstration in science class and asking students to try to explain the results sparks curiosity among students.
#curiositymatters2FMSD

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A2: I love how the students work in pairs and one student scores the other during the Socratic Seminar. This way there can be smaller #s yet the entire class is engaged. This model is highly effective because it promotes reading and student collaboration. #curiositymatters2FMSD

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A1: I am comfortable with controlled inquiry right now. Guided inquiry is the next level. In physics I could easily go to a deeper level, but in chemistry I am more fearful.
#curiositymatters2FMSD

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A2: I think anime would serve as good sources of text to help teach science. For example, Earth Girl Arjuna "involves all the sciences in a bundle of complex graphical sequences ." #FMSDwrites2learn

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A1: I can use Reformulation with a children's book to incorporate a science topic.
Scientist, scientist, what do you see? I see chemical bonds looking at me. #FMSDwrites2learn

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For the new semester and year, I hope to use more computer modeling in chemistry. The less I stand before the students and talk and the more they are responsible for their own learning the better!
#FMSD12Days

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On the 2nd day of the Forces Unit in Physical Science, students were introduced to Newton's 3 Laws. They successfully applied F = ma and then performed a lab in which the mass of the moving object was increased, and the resulting acceleration decreased. Success! #FMSD12Days

[R. Hedrick@NAFOScienceRocks! @NAFOScienceRoc1]

On the 2nd day of the Forces Unit in Physical Science, students were introduced to Newton's 3 Laws. They successfully applied F = ma and then performed a lab in which the mass of the moving object was increased, and the resulting acceleration decreased. Success! #FMSD12Days

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Just this past week I tried to do too much in a period. The online simulation was difficult to manipulate and the 2 equations presented required more algebraic manipulation than the average student could handle. #FMSD12Days

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Frosty! I will help save you!!
#FM21STEAM #FMSD12Days

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This year my students are using https://t.co/lrToo8R8oQ. Frontloading vocabulary increases students' comprehension and expands their learning for critical thinking activities. #FM21STEAM

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My next door neighbor at NAFO was teaching to the bell during 4th block today and students were engaged! #FMSD12Days

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My wishlist for my classroom would be a Chromebook cart filled with 30 new Chromebooks!!
#FM21STEAM
#FMSD12Days

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Today is not technology heavy. I am just using the SmartBoard during the notes portion of the lesson to present new content. Yesterday, the students used Chromebooks and https://t.co/fmxXP3yijz to complete part of their unit test. #FMSD12Days

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The 5 C's: A good education is about preparing students to enter the world. Science labs make the critical thinking, communication and collaboration pretty easy. For creativity I ask my students to illustrate scientific concepts or create models. #FM21STEAM #FMSD12Days

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I am starting "unequal childhoods" by Annette Lareau which looks into the lives of 12 families. #FMSD12Days