Science/Math Technologies

I explored many of the science/math technologies from the resources on our course website.  I am excited to there are many software resources that can increase my students' comprehension of specific content areas.  It is very true that students need to actually "do" science to understand it.  There is so much more excitement and enthusiasm with hands-on assignments rather than notes on the board.  One of the resources I explored more in depth was Kidspiration.  One of the science activities is called alike and different.  Here they present you with groups of pictures that are alike and different; you then choose the picture that is different and find other examples that are similar with it.  Then they have to write about why they are similar and different; it incorporates writing with science to increase a deeper understanding.  There are different categories you can choose such as math, social studies, science, reading, and writing.  This helps the teachers focus their students learning in different medians and resources.  I think this will be a great resource for my future classroom!