by PRP Group, on 09/10/2021
A math and science teacher uses online comics to inspire her students to collaborate and connect with their community, whether they’re in the classroom or at home.
I understand you’ve asked your students to perform plays and engage in other social, almost narrative activities to explore science concepts. Could you please give me an example or two and explain what that looks like in practice?
In the past I’ve had students write scripts for plays and then perform them together. So, for a lesson on weather fronts, I might ask them to write a play about a day at the beach and how a particular weather front affected their plans.
This year we went over what a safe classroom looks like with COVID, with students responsible for creating a classroom in MinecraftEdu that followed these guidelines. Students took us on a tour of their classrooms and had to explain why they created things the way they did. I was looking for correct social distancing with desks and students, hand-washing stations, and face masks. Students had such great ideas that we took some of them and rearranged our classroom for better classroom flow.