I was so happy to learn so much over the summer to take back to my students. This year IF we have leadership classes as an elective, I will present the One Health challenge to my students through a year-long class. My vision is to use the lessons and demonstrations created by my Kenan Fellows. The nanotechnology lessons are challenge-based learning techniques embedded in lessons and demonstrations.
Over the summer, I also created three lessons to add the the One Health Assist collection, one using the TI sensor tag, one using LittleBits circuits, and the last one is a solar power presentation. All three lessons will be presented to my 7th grade students this fall. Once the presentations are complete, I will be able to reflect on the entire process of designing and implementing nanotechnology lessons. The students will blog on their experience with the presentations to assist with improvements needed for future presentations. Please come back to check out pictures of the students’ learning in November.
I can’t wait to see the pictures. Teaching this type of information to middle schoolers will be extremely beneficial to them as they transition to high school and to college. During this time, we as educators are shaping their minds and they are finding out what they want to do with themselves when they grow up. I think they will get a kick out of using their hands and working together. Good Luck.
Great post ..I like how your going to use your internship experience in your classroom. I am sharing my response to you below.
A couple of ways I can connect my summer internship experience to my classroom curriculum are as follows:
Binary Code: I learned an activity using Binary numbers. My students will create a necklace, key chain, or bracelet using color beads representing Binary numbers.
My students will also create a Solar Energy business they will own and then present the company to their peers.
I need to know more about this nanotechnology. It sounds very interesting, I think that it would be a wonderful opportunity for collaboration between our STEM teacher and myself!