Next Entries will be in
English because I need to practice mi writing skills to improve my oral
speaking obviously in English.
I have any number of
paper to check...but I`m here thinking about the challenge of what would be the
next part of what is leftover this academic year, and the challenge that still
represents to me that my science classes must be in this language:
I don´t manage
at all.
So I´m here thinking in
my English, thinking about the contents I will teach, thinking about the kids
and their personal issues, thinking in my owns issues.
Do These topics are
relevant for me? Would them be for the kids?
I pick for 8 graders the
following contents:
Oceanography:
-Exploring
the Oceans
-Ocean floor
-Resources from the Ocean and pollution
-The movement
of Ocean Water
-Currents
-Climate
-Waves and Tides
-and last but not least
Weather and Climate
-Atmosphere,
-Characteristic of Atmosphere,
-Global Winds and
Local Winds,
-Air Pollution, Climate and The Tropics...
Might be better to change
the order, first Weather and Climate, then Oceanography and integrate it to
Panama relevance...
How to motivate them?
How to engage them?
How to make them
fall in love with this content and make them to study it with only my guidance?
First shot them with
questions as:
We discuss about soil,
now let´s go over our air:
Look out through the window and tell me what is the weather today, right now, in this instant?
Can you tell a definition of Climate, by what you already now?
Have you ever touch snow, snowflakes, sleet (frozen rain), hails?
Causes of Weather, Causes of Climate change?
Do you know what causes pollution in air?
Propose a solution for Climate Change in less than 140 characters.
Look out through the window and tell me what is the weather today, right now, in this instant?
Can you tell a definition of Climate, by what you already now?
Have you ever touch snow, snowflakes, sleet (frozen rain), hails?
Causes of Weather, Causes of Climate change?
Do you know what causes pollution in air?
Propose a solution for Climate Change in less than 140 characters.
then read and discuss
what I consider the best lesson that connect the vast majority of the contents
or is complete.
Watch a video:
And Oceanography! The Field
Trip to Museo de La Biodiversidad. #BIOMUSEO
For 9 graders I`ve chosen:
Interaction of Matter, Forming
New Substances , Types of Chemical Reactions, Chemical Compounds, Acids and
Bases, Organic Compounds, Atomic Energy, and Radioactivity.
Energy, Energy
Resources, Energy Conversions, and Heat and Temperature.
Nature of Waves and
Nature of Sounds.
Expecting these topics
interest these juvenile pupils just for what they are ¿?
