Critical Thinking and TEKS Science Content Via Online Activities
Posted by: Peter Rillero in Earth Science, Great Science Software, Instructional Leadership, Middle School Science, On-Line Learning, Science Activities, Simulations, Software Reviews, astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, science instruction, space science, teacher education, tags: TCEAI have the good fortune to be in beautiful Austin, Texas today for the Texas Computer Education Association’s (TCEA) annual convention. Austin is a delightful city, and this conference is huge. In a couple of hours I am going to be doing my presentation “Critical Thinking and TEKS Science Content Via Online Activities.”
I am placing the PowerPoint file here for participants and anyone else interested in this topic. Below are some titles and resources from the presentation.
Click here to access the PowerPoint. tx-critical-thinking2
The text for the slides is presented below.
What is Critical Thinking?
Some Elements of Critical Thinking
Design a Satellite
describe types of equipment and transportation needed for space travel. (TEKS: 6.13)
http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/designsatellite/
The World of Goo
demonstrate basic relationships between force and motion using simple machines including pulleys and levers (TEKS: 7.6)
http://2dboy.com/games.php
Creature Creator
prelude to Spore
Free trial edition
How can students making creatures
Develop science content?
Develop critical thinking?
Or both?
Adaptive Curriculum Activity Objects
Dancing with the Bees
TEKS 6.12: responses to external stimuli
Determining Planet Layers from Seismic Waves
TEKS 6.6 identify forces that shape features of the Earth; 7.2: organize, analyze, make inferences, and predict trends from direct and indirect evidence
Groundwater
TEKS 6.1: make wise choices in the use and conservation of resources; 6.14 groundwater
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