@paulmgardner My gut says someone would have to try to do it. I donโt think it could accidentally happen at this point in time. ๐ 0 ๐ 2 Original URL
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@Noleli @amcvittie that donโt have Mickey on them. ๐ 0 ๐ 1 Original URL
When did we take all the fun out of being a kid (reduced recess, increased homework, self-worth tied to activities)? Reading A Wrinkle in Time makes me wonder why Meg and Charles Wallace had so much time to save the universe and werenโt on a travel team. ๐ 1 ๐ 14 Original URL
@joenatoli I do think the science teacher is good. But the curriculum based optics vs substance is making me rethink my commitment to public schools in Baltimore. ๐ 0 ๐ 1 Original URL
In conclusion, science is about asking questions and figuring how to answer them. Poorly constructed experiments without context that make people feel like theyโre doing science (similar to 3D printers in schools) are not helping the next gen of researchers. ๐ 0 ๐ 1 Original URL
@bennytheshap Thatโs probably why Iโm so angry about it. Itโs like someone at the district office read the abstract of Kitchen Chem and made this assignment. ๐ 0 ๐ 2 Original URL
This is the official city curriculum. Perhaps it started as the good stuff and just got watered down by the time it was put on a worksheet. But part of me feels we have people designing curriculum who are more interested in looking like it is good learning than actual learning. ๐ 1 ๐ 2 Original URL
This wasnโt science and it wasnโt even the life-relevant learning that .@jasoncyip and .@TammyUMD talk about. It was 100% busy work to make the kids feel like they were doing science when they werenโt. It was essentially, academic theater. ๐ 0 ๐ 1 Original URL
We totally had the means to do this, but what about other BALTIMORE CITY kidsโฆthe ones where 55% of the school district are considered low income? Do they all have the food and home security to work on this endeavor? ๐ 0 ๐ 0 Original URL
The rubric focuses on taking pictures of the process (60%), answering what was different (30%) and asking what your ideal cookie is. So we spent three nights cooking these cookies and wasting a ton of butter and ingredients for ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ from someone who actually likes sci. ๐ 0 ๐ 0 Original URL