To quote Thomas the Train (I should add I have a 2 year old son), an "idea flew into my funnel" over the past week. While stopped at a railroad crossing with my family, I remarked to my husband how the passing train and change in the whistle sound as the train passed was an example of the doppler effect in action. One of my lessons this week was about the doppler effect. I shared my experience at the railroad crossing with students this week and how they experience the doppler effect everyday in their lives. (For more information on the doppler effect - read my next post!)
"Wouldn't it be neat if I could log all of my experiences with "science" for my students", I thought? But how? An opportunity to do this was then "assigned" to me, as I am enrolled in a Web-Education course. Assignment #1: Create a blog.
After thinking of what I could blog about and how I could impact my students' lives, I remembered sitting at the railroad crossing with my family.
Science In My World. Of course!
I am excited and anxious to begin my blogging "journey" ... I have visions of what this could become and the potential impact this could have on my students and beyond. I am always looking for ways to make science content more meaningful to my students and relate it to their lives and I hope that this blog will be a path to make these connections start to happen.
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