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Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
Our Similes for What Science Is...
For me, science is like...
a worm
an octopus
insects
a playground
a box of toys
a can of soda
a spiderweb
clay
a switchboard
eyeglasses
water
a recipe for chocolate cake
a flashlight
the A-bomb
storytelling
blogs (and blocks?)
life
work
For my students, science is like...
work
fun (2x)
a box of chocolates
messy
history
playing with a box of toys
playing
a cloud
raisins
recess (2x)
a party
fortune cookies
nature
a hula hoop
forgotten, buried treasure
examinations
What happens when a teacher who thinks science is (for example) a pair of eyeglasses, making the possibilities of the world more visible, enters a classroom where the students are imagining science as recess? How to negotiate the difference between the implied metaphoric understandings that structure our engagement? How to find the commonalities? How to enact them?