Sunday 15 March 2015

Reflections from Curriculum Day 2 26.02.15

Doughnut activity to share about our host and any gems we had learnt so far

Science as culture, discussed how teachers bridge the gap for students and science "facilitators of border crossings"

Roles that scientists play
  • constructors of claims
  • critiquers of claims
Are these roles that children could be encouraged to play?  Links to Science Capability of Critiquing Evidence!!

Alice led a session on Capabilities and Science in NZC
need functional knowledge in order to engage critically
NoS continuum - footprint activity "tricky tracks" a lesson in observation and inferring

Ally Bull talks of building a library of experience and it is the talk accompanying this that is critical

Rex Bartholomew  - Applied Investigations using sycamore seeds

"Design an investigation which will establish how far the seeds can spread from the tree.  Decide the hypothesis regarding the increase or decrease in spreading distance". 



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