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"Research is to see
what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has
thought.
--Albert Szent-Györgi (1893-1986) U. S. biochemist
"Give me a lever long
enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the
world"
--Archimedes
"The
important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts
as to discover new ways of thinking about them."
--Sir William Bragg
"Most books now say
our sun is a star. But it still knows how to change back into
a
sun in the daytime."
--Science Quote from Child
"In this house, we
OBEY the laws of thermodynamics!"
--Homer Simpson
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Meet Sandra Heidecker
 Sandra
Heidecker is a seventh grade science teacher at Cario Middle School
in Mount Pleasant. Sandra believes that science helps students
learn to be critical thinkers. By understanding concepts in science,
kids can better understand the world around them. Sandra tries
to show students that the processes they learn in science class
can help them solve the everyday problems they face in life. "I
have always been drawn to science because I am just interested
in learning how things work. I feel I have the best of both worlds
in education. I can pursue science and teach what I love,"
said Sandra. By integrating technology effectively into her science
curriculum, Sandra is able to motive the students to apply their
understanding of scientific concepts into real-world applications.
Sandra Heidecker's Best Practice Strategy:
Students use Publisher to create a digestive travel brochure that
would attract microscopic visitors to the digestive system as
their vacation destination.
Lesson Plan Overview:
Students created a travel brochure in Publisher, inviting microscopic
visitors to the digestive system. The students were required to
create a travel brochure for a travel agency complete with address,
motto, and logo. All brochures were required to have a title with
pictures and a 4-5 sentence summary about the brochure. Examples
of innovative titles included "Churn with Your Friends in
the Stomach!" and "Plunge down the Esophagus."
In the main section of the brochure, students described the structure
and function of the organs they chose for the topic. For example,
one student chose to create a section on "Enter the Stomach!"
in which the contractions and acid requirement of the stomach
were explained. Students had to include terminology that was used
in their science labs, and the function of three organs had to
be described. For added enhancement, students could add additional
graphics and add a fourth organ to their "digestive travel
brochures".
This motivating Publisher lesson addresses the science curriculum
standards of inquiry, processing skills, observing, classifying,
measuring, and communicating.
Lesson Plan
Questions for Brochure
Sample Student Brochure
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