Over 1,792,633 had viewed the video ‘Proof That You Have Absolutely No Concept Of Time’ by BuzzFeed video on youtube when I made this post. While 14,603 people liked this video another 2257 didn’t like it. The concept of time is difficult for most students to grasp when we are discussing concepts like the movement of continental plates, formation of rivers and mountains, evolution, light years, etc. In the Australian Curriculum: Science: we want our students to be able to make observations that change over time and/ or geographically. Looking at the title of this video, I thought it might be worth having a look as so many other people have viewed it and a colleague (Paul CC) pointed it out to me. Let’s think about using the Science Bringing it to Life (BITL) questions with the focus on science is dynamic, scientists observe changes over time and the SA Teaching for Effective Learning Framework (TfEL) element 2.3 (negotiate learning). What do you notice about this information? In each example what features changed over time? What is the time scale over which these changes occur? Is there anything unusual about each change? What is interesting? What is unexpected? What questions do you have? How might someone else or another culture explain or interpret these same phenomenon? How do we know this? What confidence do you have, that the information is accurate? Are there any anomalies? What do you think would happen if Pluto becomes a planet again? What are the problems or challenges? What do you think will happen next to the human population if global warming continues? What are you going to investigate? How will you investigate? What ideas do you have? What could you try? Which is your best idea? How might you represent your data and ideas? What can you infer from the data? How can you justify your conclusion? How will you communicate your thinking? How did your thinking change? Who might be interested in this? Why? Which of your decisions might this understanding influence? How? How has science changed the way we see the world over time? What would our lives be like if we didn’t know this? By using the BITL questions we can negotiate learning goals with our students in personalised ways, progressively moving from more prescriptive learning to student – led inquiry. The BITL questions structure for scaffolding student inquiry and supporting students’ to choose strategies to investigate issues, devise their own questions, develop a deeper understanding, and negotiate how they communicate what they have learnt. The power of student interest—what they bring with them as they walk in the door and what I generate with them; both are key to engagement and persistence in learning (TfEL 2.3) This video is titled “Proof That You Have Absolutely No Concept Of Time” by Buzz Feed Video https://youtube/watch?v=PykJcgWJQzk #science #BITL #AustralianCurriculum #time
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:09:25 +0000
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