Scientific Me!

Our first creative writing assignment, called Scientific Me, was to write about ourselves and our experiences learning science in the past. I enjoyed this assignment because it brought back wonderful memories in science classes. As I was writing, I noticed that I could recall so many memories including raising larva, growing plants, raising chicks, and visiting planetariums. I enjoyed learning science so much because I was given hands-on experiences to see how and why things work. My teachers made the science lessons engaging, interesting, and educational as I can still recall these memories today. My science teachers brought science to life in the classroom and my goal as an aspiring teacher is to accomplish that as well so my students are given many ways to succeed. Here is a link to my Scientific Me writing assignment if you want to learn more about my memories and how I feel about science! 

Dr. Evans Hard at Work

On the first day of class, we were told to draw a scientist at work and give him or her a name. I decided to draw a male and name him Dr. Evans. In my drawing, he is at a table with many materials on it including test tubes, a microscope, and a flask. I decided to have my scientist work on making a volcano erupt with test tubes in his hands. 

After the class and I finished our drawings, we walked around the room to see what everyone else drew. As I was walking around, I started comparing the drawings. I noticed that almost everyone's drawings had male scientists with names including "Doctor" or "Professor". A lot of drawings included their scientists at a table. Some made their scientists look nerdy with glasses.

It was interesting to see the different stereotypes of scientists in everyone's drawings. This activity opened my eyes to these stereotypes and taught me that anyone can be a scientist. Scientists don't have to be a male or a doctor/professor. This activity can be great for classrooms to teach students that anyone, including themselves, can be scientists and that they don't need to be a doctor or professor to do so! 

A Beginning of a New Opportunity

I am so excited to start learning different methods to teach science in elementary education classrooms! Science is so important for students to learn as they are taught about life and the world around us. Students not only need to be taught about science, but they need understand it and why things happen. This can be achieved by bringing science to life in classrooms!

Students need to be given hands on experiences and also need to be engaged in lessons. By giving students the opportunity to observe certain topics and to experiment with topics, students will get a better understanding of the material and will be able to see how important science really is. I know Science Methods for Education is going to be extremely helpful for me as I learn different ways to engage students in science. I can't wait to start learning to how to become better at teaching science!