In what ways can you make science instruction engaging and interesting in your classroom? What techniques and strategies will you use, and why?

Learning Goal: I’m working on a education & teaching multi-part question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

1. When you attempt to generate scientific thinking with your students, what strategies from this week’s topic Resources fit in your class or your teaching style?

2. Can Christian worldview be integrated into science instruction? If yes, how? Provide examples. If not, explain your reasoning.

3. What is meant by diverse perspectives? How and why is it important to show compassion, justice, and concern for the common good when considering individual differences in developing and teaching lessons to meet the diverse needs of all students?

4. Provide strategies for differentiated instruction when you plan on teaching science. Justify your strategies based on readings in this course.

5. Some students might not have access to technology at home or at school. How might you address the problem of technology access for students? What will you do, personally, to work towards providing equitable access to technology for students?

6. What do you do to align your science instruction with technology standards and the developmental level of your students?

7. What are the differences between formative and summative assessments? What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of each?

8. What kinds of assessments and assessment processes do you believe to be most valuable when teaching science?

9. What are some technologies that you have used, or have found, that can help facilitate science instruction and engage students? How do they enhance or facilitate learning, and why are they preferable to more traditional instructional tools?

10. In what ways can you make science instruction engaging and interesting in your classroom? What techniques and strategies will you use, and why?