In my course this week, we have been reading a chapter dealing with how to create a disciplined mind (Gardner.) This is my response of one way to use digital media in a science classroom.
In Science 10 of the Alberta Program of Studies – Unit D: Energy Flow in Global Systems, a teacher must have students learn about “social and environmental contexts for investigating climate change.” A specific outcome is to investigate and identify human actions affecting biomes that have a potential to change climate.
In Science 10 of the Alberta Program of Studies – Unit D: Energy Flow in Global Systems, a teacher must have students learn about “social and environmental contexts for investigating climate change.” A specific outcome is to investigate and identify human actions affecting biomes that have a potential to change climate.
In the view of multiple intelligences, a teacher could use an exploration from Discovery education called “Changing Climate Quickly.” I would create a writing prompt for my students that has the exploration embedded. I would ask following questions. For each natural event, explain if this could have a major effect on climate and what specifically causes the change. Secondly, identify a human activity that could cause the climate to change quickly. Explain your reasoning.
This type of assignment would touch on the following multiple intelligences: logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, and also spatial. Students have to select different scenarios of natural events (bodily-kinesthetic), process the information (logical-mathematical & spatial) and write their response (bodily- kinesthetic.)
I am a really visual learner (in terms of modality) and this exploration gives a great representation of how different natural events would cause climate change. The students are further prompted to think how human activities are similar to natural events. I would be checking to see if they can relate increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as being linked to the greenhouse effect and global warming. This type of activity – a writing prompt is also very engaging. The teacher has the ability to make comments (formative exercises, with detailed feedback) which is another way, according to Gardner, of creating a disciplined mind.
The link to the exploration is included.
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