RolePlayingintheScienceclassroomPleasefeelfreetochat/commentalongattodaysmeet.com/ncedmorrow

Why?Studentsneededmoreengagement

Studentslackedcriticalthinking/reasoning

Neededtodevelopasenseofempathy

Neededtoexpressideas

AnchorStandardsCitingtext,supportingmainideas,followingprocedures(designingprocedures),

identifyingdomainspecificwords/symbols,authorspurpose,interpreting

graphics,determiningfactsvsspeculation,compareandcontrastdiscoveredvs

documentedevidence,independentreadingongradelevel

http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R/

possibilities,possibilities,possibilities...crosscurriculum,authenticassessments,waybeyondtheworksheet

How?Whatwouldmakethisfun?

Whatwilltheyremembertomorrow,nextweek,nextyear?

Whatdoyouremembermost?

Stories!Astoryistheonlywaytoactivatepartsinthebrainsothatalistenerturnsthestoryintotheirownideaandexperience.-UriHasson,Princeton

Effectivecommunicationtoolstoriesteachusaboutlifeandallowustodigdeepertowardsmeaningfulcontent

Rememberthese?

providesownership...andemotional

connection

Werememberstories,notpresentations...

Determineyourtimeframe

Bothextremescanproducegreatresults!

Thepartsnecessary

Maketheissuerelevant...-local

-ageappropriate

-highinterest(knowyourstudents!)

ideas...newspapers,teachers,parents,commercials,sportevents,locallandmarks,businesses,socialmedia,students,students,students,etc.

Openendedproblems

Problem...

CooperativelearningClicktoedittext...

Empathy,notCC/EStested

zombiegame...PA-"IthinkIhavetosetmyselfout...Igotbit."Me-"So,yourgoingtodieinquarantine?"PA-"Yeah,it'sthemostresponsiblethingtodo."

Clicktoedittitle...Clicktoedittext...

Sciencecontent

Providetimeforresearchbringinthecharacters

opinionpiecesfromnewspaper

interviewcommunitymemberstobetterunderstandtheirPOV

Charactersmustbeidentifiablewithoutbeingtoofamiliar

ThebestwaytogettoknowacharacteristointeractwiththemClicktoedittext...

Surveyandemailstogetfirstpersonaccountsandprimarydocuments

ExamplesAllcanbefoundatgoogledoclink.

ZombieAttackCouldyousacrificeyourselfforthegreatergood?Whydodiseasesspreadsoeasily?Whydopeopleknowinglyputothersatrisk?

it'sjustagameright...ManwithHIVtobetriedforattemptedmurderhttp://news.nationalpost.com/

OutbreakintheschoolGatheringdataover2weeks

Lotsofdatatosortthrough

Whoisgettingsick?

Whatdotheyhave?

Wherearestudentsgettingsick?

Whyarethosestudentsgettingsick?

Whatcanwedoaboutit?

Youdon'tevenhavetobehumanWhatdoesittaketosurvive?

Doyouseekouttheweakordoyouformamutuallybeneficialrelationship?

Whydoweseethisinnature?

Whatisthebenefitofaggression?

CrimesceneMotives?

Factsvsfeelings?

DroughtProjectClicktoedittext...

DroughtLabIwantedtocreatesomethingauthentic.

Iwantedtocreatesomethingthatstudentscouldapplytoourcommunity.

Iwantedtocreatesomethingthatwouldprovidethemtheframeworkfortacklingfutureproblemstheymayencounter

waterunitiscomingup...droughts.Californiaisinthemiddleoftheworstdroughtinrecenthistory

Couldithappenhere?

Wouldpeoplebewillingtomakethenecessarysacrifices?

Whyorwhynot?

Resourceshttp://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/roleplaying/index.html

http://www.sycd.co.uk/who_am_i/pdf/excite/sept_2000_73_82.pdf

CynthiaC.M.Deaton&MichelleCook(2012):UsingRole-PlayandCaseStudytoPromoteStudentResearchonEnvironmentalScience,ScienceActivities:ClassroomProjectsandCurriculumIdeas,49:3,71-76

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00368121.2011.632449