News From The Nest - May 29-June 2, 2023
Spotlight on Learning:
In this IBL project, students were to explore the question: “How does science explain why you are alive?” In the course, we learned about topics of Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Astronomy including the subtopics of reactions, acids and bases, DNA and genetics, protein synthesis, energy calculations, origin of the universe, etc., all of which directly tie into this question. Additionally,it also provides some freedom for students to dive deep into something more meaningful to that individual student.
Teacher Reflection:
As I have often been with PBL and IBL assignments, I was blown away with some of the presentations from my students. How some “developing” students were able to summarize difficult upper level concepts in a short and succent way and even how “extending” studentsdove into university level concepts was impressive. There were of course the projects in which students were simply reading slides, but I still believe learning was happening, and for that, I enjoyed giving the project to all students. Overall, I will offer the project again.
Student Reflections:
“I liked that we had time extra time to focus on one class. but I think they could've made it one week instead, Instead of projects I would rather it be for catch-up and I'd rather do an exam. Exams are easier and less stressful for me. The project was okay I just didn't feel like I learned or improved much.”“I loved how we got a long time to learn and work on our projects, the long time didn't feel long at all because we were too focused on studying. I felt great about my project, I also learned that I have a good amount of potential but I just need to show up more.
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