Being able to teach science today is very much a balancing act. Science by nature is a hard subject to teach due to the content. With the everything at your hands society, the traditional teachings methods just won't work today. Students want to always be stimulated and entertained in the classrooms. Science teachers need to have lessons be able to teach the material to the students while also keeping their attention throughout the lessons. Melding the both styles helps the students learn the material and be able to use it on quizzes and tests. Finding resources to help bring more interactive activities to the classrooms is the goal of all high school science teachers.
On the H-Net website for Science, Medicine, and Technology, there is a tool bar going down the left side of the page. There are several different options that science teachers would be able to use in their classrooms. Information about the site, messages, posts and blogs, reviews from posts, resources, jobs, and search engines all give teachers different information and options to use in their classroom. There is alot of information can is available for science teachers here. Its up to the teacher to be able to look through the different options and use what they find to give their students a better lesson.
On the other side of the web page lists different posts or blogs about different science topics. This is an area for science teachers to look at what other science teachers have put down. They can use that information in their classes or similar activities and lessons for their students. There is also reviews of posts and blogs. These reviews will give science teachers more information about how well certain lessons and activities worked in class and how they might be changed. Finding new methods and how well they work in the classroom can go a long way to providing students with a current and relevant education.
The bottom of the page has alot of outside resources. These outside resources can be invaluable to the science teacher. By providing professional science societies, associations, and journals to science teachers, they can find different avenues to learn new teaching styles and methods to be used in the classroom. Using scientific journals can help to teach primary resources to the students that they will use on future projects. Academic programs are an additional way for science teachers to learn more interactive activities and technology to bring to the classroom.
This website is a great way for science teachers to get resources to use in their classroom. Finding newer and more interactive activities are good not just for the teacher but also for the students. These resources will allow the teacher to provide a great education.
H Net: Science, Medicine, and Technology
Michael, I agree with this being a society that wants to be entertained and stimulated. The "Fast-Food Society" is another way I've heard it said, and to the point.
ReplyDeleteCan part of this be due to the wonders of technology? I sure wouldn't wish to be without most of it, though.
Thanks for the overview of the website; looks very useful!
I like the website as a tool for teachers. It's well organized and easy to navigate. I like the references and all the options for researching and preparing a lesson or gathering more information on a subject. I think it will be important for me to have a credible location to pull information from for lessons. Being able to access blogs and other content that has been created will be a tool for creating my own content for lessons. Great use of discussion and pictures in your blog related to how you use it in science.
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