Take some time while on break this summer to think about updating your science curriculum. You can easily use new technology to capture the interest of Generation Y.
Think of using ‘everyday’ classroom technology such as computers and microscopes, along with digital cameras, video cameras, and document cameras for adding visual images to enhance your instruction.
Use images from your photo collection in Flickr to make slideshows, add imagery through video clips from your latest summer vacation trips, add images from Google Maps or Google Earth for Physical Geography content or add images and clips from the culture of the people in the countries you visit.
Take students virtually into science experiments through visual imagery, show scientific examples; show them a real coral reef. Make your presentations come alive through 3-D imagery.
All these visual learning components are easily achieved and instead of pointing to a ‘spot’ on the globe in your classroom take your students on field trips and provide opportunities for them to observe through their own eyes how people in other countries live and what other countries’ geographical terrain is like.
Be sure to check out the 50 Most Popular Science Blogs and get excited about updating your science curriculum for Fall.
Communicate with your students through visual imagery, it will grab their attention, enhance your curriculum and improve student learning.
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