Monthly Archives: February 2024

Elementary Science Instructional Time

29 Feb

We have touched on this topic in class already this semester, but I picked an article for our discussion this week about the time allocated to science in elementary schools, why that is the case, and why it matters. Instructional … Read More »

Reflection on In-Class Discussion

21 Feb

For this week’s blog, I decided to switch it up a bit and begin a discussion regarding our previous class and lesson planning. As we use the standard of learning framework to decide on the lesson objective, I think the … Read More »

Empowering Science Education Through Technology

15 Feb

In today’s world, technology is indispensable, and its presence is only growing stronger, signifying that it’s here to stay. This article was interesting because it discusses how technology in education systems, particularly in the realm of science, is offering exciting … Read More »

Have We Seen the Last of COVID?

1 Feb

COVID is continuing to spread even though we are no longer in a pandemic. Studies have shown that the cold and dry seasons are known to allow respiratory viruses to spread better. But, even after multiple experiments, scientists have not found a correlation between the weather and COVID. The risk of exposure to COVID was actually found to increase by 1 percent when a person has continued exposure to the virus. Another huge factor of the the spread of COVID is the lack of immunity amongst the youth and the elderly because they typically have no immune system.

How might you approach teaching a science course if the students are no longer learning in person or could not be in close proximity to one another?

Here’s why COVID-19 isn’t seasonal so far