This week, Richard Byrne gave me a great idea of some lessons to incorporate into my instruction for my accelerated classes (or anyone who may finish their daily work early). He has shared a playlist of videos about the science behind the Winter Olympics. Each video comes with an inquiry guide and question list. These videos are from the 2014 Winter Olympics and the content presented matches up beautifully with NGSS and its 3D Learning approach. The videos include real-life application of STEM through physics, engineering, chemistry, design and mathematics. The videos are interesting to watch because many include stories by the actual athletes who competed in the games along with engineers and scientists who work alongside the National Science Foundation and NBC Learn. My favorite part is that the inquiry based lessons include an experimental design section where students have the opportunity to design systems. Students can participate in designing these systems which will lead to them collecting and analyzing data while playing the role of engineers in order to discover the relationship between speed and centripetal acceleration.
Welcome to my blog for EDUG 647 at Bellarmine University. Each week I will be posting about how I am using technology in my 7th grade math and science classroom. I will also post a weekly summary of other bloggers that I am following. I have chosen to follow Richard Byrne, whose blog can be found at freetech4teachers.com.
What a fantastic resource to engage students in math and science. I think it is so interesting that students can learn about the Olympics and have an opportunity to design a system in the same lesson. Through this approach, the learning could be differentiated in itself as students select what they learn about and challenge themselves through designing a system.
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