Last week I asked the students what they wanted to learn in my class. The overwhelming response was "I want to learn what is needed to pass the class". This tells me I have some coaching to do. I was hoping to find responses like "how a diesel engine works" or "what is dark matter" or "how does my smart phone know where I am". I want them to look beyond the grade in Infinite Campus. I seek to rekindle that curiosity they had as children when the took apart things to look in side; to find joy in discovery that you can predict how an object will behave and then run the test and find that you were correct.
What I want our students to learn is the Science and Engineering practices:
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Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
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Developing and using models
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Planning and carrying out investigations
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Analyzing and interpreting data
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Using mathematics, information and computer technology, and
computational thinking
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Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for
engineering)
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Engaging in argument from evidence
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Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
Through practices the students will come to understand the nature of science and the science of nature.
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