Media Projects
for
Science Class
Updated 3-10-2021
Types of Technology Integration Professional Development
1. Awareness
2. Hands-on Workshop
3. 1 on 1 Coaching
“Hey I didn’t know you could do that!”
(this is our session today)
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Media Projects for Science Class
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Why should students CREATE & SHARE media?
Make THINKING VISIBLE! - Engagement!
Photo by Andrew Seaman on Unsplash
Develop computational thinking skills
“Constructionist Pedagogy” is transformative
(1980)
(1993)
post-linguistic society
media-centric society
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Must build media literacy in students & citizens
#create2learn
Best way to become saavy to mind hacking:
MEDIA CREATION
How can students
SHOW WHAT THEY KNOW in Science Class with MEDIA? (#create2learn)
Photo by Vojna Andrea on Unsplash
ShowWithMedia.com
ShowWithMedia.com
Originally started in 2012… Refreshed with updated project icons in February 2021
Today we’ll focus on TWO of these projects...
are we alone?
never stop exploring
write clever ideas here
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Adobe Spark is PERFECT for InfoPics
(but you can also just use Google Slides or Google Drawing documents!)
Shared iCloud library with hundreds of Bible Verse InfoPics: wfryer.me/bible
My eBook Chapter on InfoPics:
My Challenge to You:
Paint Your Classroom and
the Walls of our School
with SCIENCE RELATED InfoPics!
February 21, 2021:
Launch of The
“S.S. Katherine Johnson” Cygnus spacecraft
“An animation can be a dynamic, visual representation of an idea or process. A game or simulation can be interactive, requiring user input. A game is an activity based on rules involving play and user interaction. Games can be competitive.”
Science
Rube Goldberg Machine: scratch.mit.edu/projects/115124/
Tundra Biome Project: scratch.mit.edu/projects/14398496/
Series Circuit Simulation Challenge: scratch.mit.edu/projects/19434278/
Water Cycle Project: scratch.mit.edu/projects/61218694/
Potassium: scratch.mit.edu/projects/18100956/
Refraction: scratch.mit.edu/projects/115735599/
Digestive System: scratch.mit.edu/projects/14981742/
Evolution: scratch.mit.edu/projects/24931088/
Parts of a Flower: scratch.mit.edu/projects/1952645/
Animal Cells: scratch.mit.edu/projects/2072182/
From ScratchED: “Scratch Projects Across the Curriculum” (July 2016)
Scratch Science Animation Project Examples
Created in October 2018 by Rachel Fryer & Sophia Hellman as a project for 9th Grade Biology class at Casady School
Scratch is PERFECT for Animations
Scratch requires a separate (non-Google) account & that students VERIFY their email to share projects.
Please follow up with Wes for more PD!
1. Awareness
2. Hands-on Workshop
3. 1 on 1 Coaching
“Hey I didn’t know you could do that!”
(this is our session today)
wfryer.me/science
Media Projects
for
Science Class
Updated 3-10-2021